A young man battles Hodgkin's disease and survives--with more than a little help from his Mom--in this wry and uplifting memoir about life, love, and beating the odds.When Dan Shapiro's decidely anti-drug mom put aside her convictions...

Dan Shapiro, clinical psychiatrist who himself suffers from a debilitating disease, writes about a suicidal obstetrician who is racked with guilt about a mistake she made years before: she delayed making a decision about a Caesarean, ...