{"product_id":"up-from-the-abyss-italo-giovanni-savella-9780595363025","title":"Up from the Abyss: A Journey of Personal Redemption from the Ravages of Guillain-Barre Syndrome","description":"I assure you, though, there is nothing trite about coming down with Guillain-Barr  syndrome. For the person hit by it, it's war and revolution wrapped in one: A catastrophe, an upheaval, a devastating blow. But also an invaluable experience and a possibility for renewal. I wouldn't be what I am now, a man at peace with himself and the world, had I not come down with, and fought back from, this terrible ailment. But I don't want to sound excessive. It isn't terminal cancer at young age, or trauma-induced coma and vegetative state; but, as Joseph Heller said, it's no laughing matter, either. The blessing about Guillain-Barr  syndrome-and I mean that with only a little bit of irony-is that it doesn't affect the gray matter upstairs. You know it's bad, but you also know it can be defeated, and the struggle to overcome it lends a tremendous meaning of truthfulness to the old saying: 'That which does not kill you.\" You know the rest. It can paralyze you completely, and, occasionally, do you in, but the road back or, as I imply in my title, the uphill struggle from the abyss is Herculean and character forming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Italo Giovanni Savella\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595363024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595363025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d","brand":"Italo Giovanni Savella","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059369636095,"sku":"9780595363025","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67460bdf-6b42-4d31-895e-a43c115e6658.jpg?v=1685057813","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/up-from-the-abyss-italo-giovanni-savella-9780595363025","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}