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The bestselling author of , Richard M. Cohen spent three years chronicling the lives of five diverse "citizens of sickness": Denise, who suffers from ALS; Buzz, whose Christian faith helps him deal with his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; Sarah, a determined young woman with Crohn's disease; Ben, a college student with muscular dystrophy; and Larry, whose bipolar disorder is hidden within. Differing in age and gender, race and economic status, all five are determined to live life on their own terms. In , Cohen shares these inspirational and revealing stories, which offer lessons for us allon self-determination, on courage in the face of adversity and public ignorance, on keeping hope alive.We are all strong at the broken placesstronger than we think.