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Nikki Eaton, single, thirty-one, sexually liberated, and economically self-supporting, has never particularly thought of herself as a daughter. Yet, following the unexpected loss of her mother, she undergoes a remarkable transformation during a tumultuous year that brings stunning horror, sorrow, illumination, wisdom, and even—from an unexpected source—a nurturing love.
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Intriguing Portrait of Grief, Loss and Becoming a Different Self.......2007-08-20
I have experienced more loss than I would care to experience in this past year, so I figured "Missing Mom" would be a novel I could relate to in more ways than one.
Joyce Carol Oates is a perpetually relatable writer, her words are a fine companion. I am never disappointed when I read her. The book accompanied me beside swimming pools, on the beach, in hotel rooms - not the usual lightweight fluff of "summer time" reading, but it was so tasty I didn't want to put it down.
The characters are believable. They are normal - with normal responses to a surreal experience. We are carried along for the journey inside the heart and spirit of Nikki Eaton, the younger and less conventional daughter of Gwen "Feather" Eaton, a woman in her late 50's who was a former high school cheerleader and forever champion of the friendless.
Each daughter grieves differently. Each human grieves differently, and Oates paints a portrait of grief in a way that holds the readers interest without being overly sentimantal or maudlin.
Most people don't know how to grieve, don't want to think about death, don't want to see a corpse, be intimate with pain and sadness. Too bad. They could learn something from reading this book with an open, beginners mind.
I read plenty of reviews here that did not enjoy this book at all. It seems to me they were looking for what was expected. I appreciate, more, finding what I don't expect and being pleased with the outcome.
I was quite pleased - indeed - with this one.
flawed, but still brilliant novel.......2007-07-27
Grief is very individual----despite what family and friends will tell you in times of grieving, each person has to decide how to survive, or even if he or she will survive. Nikki Eaton, as the narrator of Missing Mom, is indeed flawed, as we all are. However, her trip through the first year of surviving grief is an intense, realistic one. Although often seeming self-absorbed, trite, and meaningless as she blunders through her emotions, Nikki Eaton quickly becomes a mesmerizing character, whose story will draw you in, and stay within your consciousness for some time. A reasonable question to ask of Ms. Oates would be what her issues are with women who are not young and thin? Her ruthless descriptions of any female character over 35 are disconcerting, and detract from the overall worth of an otherwise great novel.
Sentimental ..........2007-04-17
It has been years since I've last read a Joyce Carol Oates book and I was in a mood to read her again. This one is definitely not like her previous books, but it is still a good read. It's sentimental and interesting. It's about life after death ~~ someone's death and how a person recovers.
Nikki is a 31 year-old journalist who found her mother's body in the garage after Mother's Day. Her mother was brutually murdered and her house was ransacked. From being a carefree and irresponsible daughter, Nikki spends the next year just searching for her mother in everything she did. She spends the next year remembering her parents and tried to find out her mother's secrets while dealing with her sister's absence in the grieving.
It is an emotional book in some spots. It is mostly an observation of what happens to a person who grieves for lost ones, for lost chances, for memories and love. It is written over the course of a year and while it was nicely done, it just didn't measure up to my expectations. It wasn't as deeply involved with the characters as I had hoped for ~~ it was more like an observation of what went on that first year. Nikki lost her mom and came to several realizations of herself during that time. That happens to anyone over the course of time ~~ and I was expecting more from this novel than I probably should have.
If you want to read a good book on grief, I suggest "The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion. That one was a heart-wrenching view of dealing with grief even if Didion seems to be more emotionally detached from her husband's death and dealing with her daughter's illness. Perhaps I was able to get more from that book because the author had gone through a grieving process whereas I didn't get the impression from Oates that she had ~~ maybe she has, but I didn't find it in her novel. The novel just felt stereotypical and tugged at the heart strings in predictable places.
Other than that, it is a good read ~~ it's not a perfect book by any means, but if you read to escape, this book would be it for you. If you read to learn, you might learn something new here but not really. It is just a good fiction, but not the best I've read.
4-16-07
Where is the real Joyce Carol Oates?.......2007-01-17
.....because this was clearly not written by the real one. This was predictable, prosaic and so tedious that for the first time in my life, I did not bother to finish the book I started. The protagonist was quite interesting and well developed but the plot was poor. This could have been an interesting short story, at best.
Glad I didn't Miss Mom.......2007-01-05
Although I do not think that "Missing Mom" is Oates's best book, it is certainly very good. As always, Oates treats a subject that, while not unusual, is presented with a unique point of view. The characters are realistic, reacting to situations and behaving in ways which the reader can comprehend. Like many of Oates's books, "Missing Mom" reveals its secrets in layers, and what Oates says is true. She understands people and reveals them with their faults, but with sympathy.
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- Not the bookman series
- The Worst of Several Genres
- Interesting History - Somewhat Contrived Mystery
- Good period piece -- captures live radio drama beautifully.
- Muddled Melodrama
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Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime
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John Dunning's previous novels featuring a sleuth who's an expert in rare and collectible books won this former bookstore owner a devoted following; first editions of Booked to Die and The Bookman's Wake routinely fetch high sums in stores like the one Dunning himself owned for many years. With the verisimilitude that's a hallmark of his writing, Dunning delves into a new topic, the golden days of radio, igniting the reader's excitement about the enormous potential of the medium. Sadly, he can't assuage the inevitable disappointment over how that potential was wasted:
"Radio is the greatest invention of the past four centuries. It ranks right up there with Gutenberg's movable type as an earthshaking force.... One of the first things Gutenberg did with his movable type was print a magnificent Bible. The first thing radio did was argue how much selling would be permitted and how ridiculous it would be allowed to get. If it keeps on the way it's going there won't be anything worth listening to.... I have this almost morbid fear of the future--not that radio's greatest days will fade away but that its greatest day will never come. Fifty years from now it could just be a medium of hucksters and fools, a whorehouse in the sky."
The speaker is Jack Dulaney, a novelist who follows a dead man's trail to the Jersey shore in the early days of World War II, where a radio station owned by a recluse has fallen on hard times. The mysterious Harford, who built the station as a showcase for his late wife's ambition, has all but abandoned WHAR, but the actors, writers, producers, and technicians who once shared the dead woman's dream are galvanized by the appearance of Dulaney, who finds his true métier in the creation of original, politically provocative broadcast dramas. He also discovers true love in a talented young singer, Holly Carnahan, whose affections he once sacrificed out of loyalty to his best friend.
Carnahan's search for her missing father involves Dulaney in a mystery rooted in the long-ago Boer War that has grown into a conspiracy peopled by German saboteurs, Irish nationalists, and African freedom fighters. The plotting is dense and the cast of minor characters merely sketched, but Dulaney's creative process is artfully drawn and the ambience of America in wartime is skillfully portrayed. --Jane Adams
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Widely acclaimed for his groundbreaking crime novels Booked to Die and The Bookman's Wake, award-winning author John Dunning triumphantly returns with a riveting new thriller that takes us back to the summer of 1942, when radio was in its prime, when daylight saving time gave way to "wartime," when stations like WHAR on the New Jersey coast struggled to create programming that entertained and inspired a nation in its dark hour.
Into this intense community of radio artists and technicians in Regina Beach, New Jersey, come Jack Dulaney and Holly Carnahan. They are determined to find Holly's missing father, whose last desperate word came from this noisy seaside town. Holly sings like an angel and has what it takes to become a star. Jack -- a racetrack hot-walker and novelist who's hit every kind of trouble in his travels from sea to sea -- tries out as a writer at WHAR and soon discovers a passion for radio and a natural talent for script writing.
While absorbing the ways of radio, from writing to directing, he meets some extraordinarily brave and gifted people who touch his life in ways he could not have imagined -- actresses Rue, Pauline, and Hazel; actor-director Waldo, creator of the magnificent black show Freedom Road; and enigmatic station owner Loren Harford, among others.
Jack's zeal for radio is exceeded only by his devotion to Holly, who needs his help but who is terrified for his safety. Strange things are happening in Regina Beach, starting with an English actor who walked out of the station six years ago and was never seen again. And Holly's father is gone too, in equally puzzling circumstances. As Jack and Holly penetrate deeper into the shadows of the past, they learn that someone will do anything, including murder, to hide some devastating truths.
In a stunning novel that transcends genre, John Dunning calls upon his vast knowledge of radio and his incisive reading of history to create a poignant, page-turning work of fiction that sheds new insights on some of the most harrowing events of the twentieth century. Like E. L. Doctorow's Billy Bathgate or Caleb Carr's The Alienist, Dunning's brilliant tale of mystery, murder, and revenge brings to life another time, another place, another world.
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In two previous novels, John Dunning won over both readers and critics with his powerful storytelling and infectious passion for the arcane world of rare books. Now he takes an exhilarating journey deep into another of his areas of expertise -- the realm of vintage radio -- transporting readers to station WHAR on the New Jersey coast. It's the summer of 1942 and as bombs fall on England, a troupe of gallant actors, sound-effects people, writers, and producers labors to entertain the folks at home. Into this world come Jack Dulaney and Holly Carnahan, determined to find Holly's missing father. While Holly sings like an angel, Jack quickly discovers that brilliant scripts flow from his typewriter. But soon the disappearance of Holly's father and the unsolved murder of an actor seem to be tied up with the very radio station that provides Holly and Jack a lifeline -- and their own lives appear to be in jeopardy. Only a novelist of Dunning's stature could create such memorable characters and give them such a large and evocative -- and authentic -- territory in which to roam. Rarely have fans so eagerly anticipated an author's new novel.
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Not the bookman series.......2007-08-28
good book and well written but not as good as the bookman series in my opinion
The Worst of Several Genres.......2006-09-19
I love mysteries set in WW II and like old time radio so I couldn't wait to begin this one. The "hero" is a junior varsity Tom Joad but,OK, I was game. The cast of characters that seemed to number in the low 80s and be interchangable "baddies" and "goodies". They were hard to keep track of without a scorecard but there is no quit in this reader and I pushed on. Then when we got to the Jersey shore, I found out that in 1942 with America fighting for it's life against fascism, and losing, our hero knew why. All the servicemen were bullies (A drafted station employee) or morons (the Coast Guard beach patrol). The 4F "hero" was the real McCoy however. Although not actually mentioned I bet he wished that dratted ear injury hadn't kept him from joining the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. He was moderate enought to think Marxism had some problems; the murder of 10s of millions of Ukrainians and the Nazi-USSR Pact probably and I say probably, didn't elude our observant literary genius. He was also a 1975 era feminist; all those plucky WW II women throwing off the handcuffs chaining them naked to the kitchen sink had his unhesitating support. Most big businessmen, probably wearing spats and silk high hats, were the bad guys needless to say. I wondered how someone could write such a truly awful book. I couldn't finish it and it's a point of honor for me to finish all books. Then in the bio it all became clear. The author was a flack for former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder of Colorado. I'm still haunted by her rictus grin and constipated, Quaker schoolmarm expression that said "somebody, somewhere is having fun and I want it to stop now!!!" Anyone who could stand to work for Pat could write this book with ease.
Interesting History - Somewhat Contrived Mystery.......2006-03-08
Any lover of old-time radio can find plenty to enjoy in Two O'Clock, as the story reeks of period detail and interesting geeky background of the era. Still, unlike Dunning's Bookman series, I had trouble with the verisimilitude in this story, which had to work hard to maintain the connection to the stories of the radio people and still keep the mystery alive.
Nonetheless, recommended.
Good period piece -- captures live radio drama beautifully........2005-09-07
Dunning's book holds it's own on 2 levels: as a period mystery and as a reminiscence of live radio drama of the 40's. Younger audiences may find it dated, but as someone born at the tail end of World War II, I liked the way it captured the feel of that time. One aspect rarely covered in books or TV is the German Bund activity in the U.S. I had several of those "Gee, I never thought of that" moments while reading this.
As an old radio broadcaster I was delighted at how Dunning captured the excitement, thrill, and fulfillment of live radio. Most stations are now pre-programmed, automated, and are as predictable as an iPod, but back then everything was live and neither the actors nor the audience knew exactly what was going to happen. Because of that, we were all participants, and that made the experience special. Dunning is an old broadaster so he knows what he's talking about, but getting it on paper for all to to experience is the true joy of this book. It's an enjoyable read.
Muddled Melodrama.......2005-04-26
Half paean to old-time radio, half murder mystery, this overly melodramatic WWII-era set novel lurches along for far too long before petering out, exhausted with itself. I've enjoyed Dunning's "Bookman" series, and I like historically set mysteries, so picking this up seemed like a no-brainer. But Dunning overextends himself with this one. The story revolves around Jack Dulaney, a down-and-out racetrack horse-walker who gets in a fight that lands him in jail. His buddy helps to spring him from a work gang, but is then killed. This is the catalyst for Jack's incredibly complicated search for the killer and reason behind the murder. The trail leads him to a New Jersey beach town and the radio station where his buddy used to work as an actor. There, further disappearances and deaths are revealed, including that of Carnahan, the father of the woman he pined for years before. As it happens, the woman is also in town, working as a nightclub singer under an assumed name. Jack manages to get work at the station as a writer, allowing him to poke around and try to get to the bottom of everything (not to mention rekindle his old flame).
Here is where the book starts to have real problems. Namely, all the detail about old-time radio production is far more fascinating than the murders. I'm not particularly (nor are most readers likely to be) interested in how dramatic radio shows were put together back in the '30s and '40s, but Dunning makes the station come alive and does a fascinating job of detailing the inner workings. From the scripting, to the management, the actors, the sound effects, it's all very well dramatized. So much so, in fact, that it's hard for the reader to care very much about the deaths of some characters met only very briefly or in flashbacks. The station's attempt to create original dramatic programming that pushed the limits of what was considered acceptable material--such as a scripted serial about black Americans, an anti-war prison camp series, and soforth--ends up being much more interesting. Unfortunately, the story eventually leaves the radio setting (via a lame piece of misdirection lifted from Hamlet) to dive into the world of German spies in America, the Irish Republic Army, and all manner of melodrama.
The melodrama is enhanced by a certain thinness to the characters. The protagonist is an especially poorly drawn hero figure with altogether too keen a resemblance to the hero of Dunning's "Bookman" series. He's one of those all-purpose strong, capable men. Street-fighting? No problem. Writing a critically well-received Steinbeck/Dos Passosesque novel? No problem. Escaping a work gang? No problem. Master writing radio drama overnight? No problem. Expert tracking through the woods? No problem. When the hero of a story turns out to be exceptional at everything, the whole story is diluted. Beyond Jack, the cast of characters is so large that Dunning doesn't really have the time or space to develop any of them in any meaningful way. It's not generally a good thing when the villain in a mystery is a character you can barely remember being in the story. This is a pity, because there are a number of characters with potential, and the old-time radio setting is certainly well done. As a historical novel about a small group of people striving in a creative field, it works fairly well--in no small part due to the subsequent total demise of the world depicted in the book. Just don't expect to pick this up and find yourself immersed in a thriller.
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Billie Sue Mosiman presents book two in the all-new series that redefines the very nature of vampirism.
Even Mentor, the most ancient of vampires, has reason to fear the powerful Predators who are on the brink of declaring war against vampires and humans alike. Only Malachi, born of a female vampire and a male human, can stop these Predators-if the boy lives long enough to come into his own powers.
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A thoroughly enjoyable, different kind of vampire novel.......2004-02-07
In Red Moon Rising, Billie Sue Mosiman defined her own race of vampires and set in motion the sweeping events that were to take place in the future of the vampire nations. The first novel was impressive but, in some sense, incomplete. The sequel, Malachi's Moon, not only takes the story further, it packs more of an emotional and action-oriented punch. In this fictional world, the source of vampirism is a hereditary mutated form of the blood disease porphyria; the disease can strike the children of vampires at any time or, in rare cases, not at all. Dell Cambian became a vampire a few months before her high school graduation, and with the help of the ancient vampire Mentor, she chose the life of a Natural. Naturals do not feed on living things the way the much more aggressive Predator vampires do; they, along with the weak and sickly Cravens, buy their blood from the Predators. Mentor is a Predator who chose long ago to live a different kind of life, helping new vampires make the transition from death to undeath; he now faces the most monumental task of his centuries-old life. For the first time, vampires are lining up against vampires, instigated by a cunning and very dangerous revenant Mentor knows only too well, and Dell Cambian's only child, Malachi, becomes the ultimate target of those seeking to defy the laws of the vampire nations.
Malachi is special, for he is a dhampir, the son of a vampire mother and a human father. He possesses many of the strengths and abilities of a vampire, yet he can be killed just the same as any human being. An ancient vampire prophecy speaks of a dhampir who will come to slay many Predators; while some vampires may scoff at the notion, some take it very seriously. Balthazar, a powerful Predator, comes to Malachi in his childhood dreams in the form of a wolf, returning again and again over the years seeking a sign that Malachi is the dhampir of prophecy; by the time Malachi comes of age, Balthazar has amassed an army of Predators with which to remove the dhampir threat completely. Meanwhile, in the deep jungle interior of Thailand, multi-millionaire turned vampire Charles Upton spends two decades in an ancient monastery, imprisoned there by Mentor following the culminating events of the author's previous novel Blood Moon Rising. He dreams of true power, and when he finally manages to escape he wastes no time rounding up lone Predators for his own army. No longer will vampires remain in the shadows, invisible to humans, Upton preaches; it is time for the Predators to destroy their weak Craven and Natural brothers and claim the earth as their own. When Balthazar and Upton join forces, even Mentor is unsure whether this awful Predator uprising can be put down.
I enjoyed this novel much more than its predecessor; the hows and whys (illogical as some of them may be) of vampire existence have already been explained, leaving more time for action and suspense in Malachi's Moon. I was a little disappointed in the vampire war itself, however, as we really don't get to witness a lot of hand-to-hand fighting firsthand; instead, we are told just how ferocious the battle was. I also think the parallel strands involving Upton's revolt and Balthazar's attempts to kill Malachi could have been interwoven just a little more closely. The final couple of chapters actually seem to take a little bit away from the force of the novel, and that fact struck something of a discordant tone in my head. Even still, Malachi's Moon is a truly entertaining and enjoyable novel, a vampire tale featuring more than a few dashes of originality. Mosiman particularly excels in the creation and continuous development of unique and memorable characters. These vampires actually provide telling glimpses into human nature itself, especially the emotionally torn and extremely humanistic Mentor. Malachi is himself a most interesting character, of course, with his rare blend of vampire and human makeup. I don't feel as if I really know and understand Malachi yet, but his story continues in Craven Moon, the third book in this unofficial series of the vampire nations.
I would heartily recommend Mosiman to those who love a good vampire novel. Mosiman's vampires are much different from the old stereotypical Dracula types that dominate the horror genre, and this author really knows how to keep a story moving at a steady pace.
Sequel of RED MOON RISING, the VAMPIRE NATIONS.......2002-01-10
I wrote this book as a sequel to RED MOON RISING, the beginning of the Vampire Nations novels. You need not have read the first one in order to read this. Each book is designed to stand on its own, a story unto itself. Some of the characters from the first novel are again in this one. I wondered what would happen to a child born of vampire and human. Would he be more human or more vampire? Would he embrace his place in the natural world or be drawn toward the dark world of his mother?
He is plagued by dreams of two men, vampires, who have an interest in his future. What do they want with him and will they succeed in changing his life?
These are some of the questions which intrigued me and which are answered in this new vampire novel.
Vampires in fiction are sometimes cruel and evil, sometimes erotic and mesmerizing. I believed if I were vampire, I would have a terrible time controlling the hunger and the easy power afforded these supernatural beings. I wanted my vampires to be as near human as possible, while struggling with the thought of eternal life.
In MALACHI'S MOON there are children dealing with these questions. ancient beings still struggling to know how to live on, and young new vampires who vary widely in their responses to their new lives as beings who might live hundreds or thousands of years.
The vampire, like man, chooses to be good or bad, evil or benign, true to himself or overcome with frailties and faults.
My vampires fear for their souls. They wonder how they came to be, and why, and in this new novel, there are some answers about their past history.
I hope that you enjoy my work. I am writing the third volume of this series now. The Vampire Nations are restless, and always facing each day the way we all do--sometimes achieving ultimate ideals, sometimes facing obstacle and disappointment. But most of all, like us, they live the lives handed them the best they know how, one ticktock moment at a time.
Billie Sue Mosiman
superb vampire tale.......2002-01-09
Vampires exist in the world but they are not hell spawn or shunned by God. They once were humans who suffered from a mutated form of the disease porphyry. The disease is fatal and at the time of their death they choose weather to become a Predator, Normal or Craven vampire. Predators drink human blood and kill when necessary. They also run the blood banks that supply human blood for a price to Normals who try to act like the humans they once were. Cravens are fearful, sickly beings who beg for blood or do without.
Malachi is a dhmpire, born of a mortal father and Normal vampire mother. He has most of the abilities of the vampire but he is not immortal. Many believe he is the child of prophecy, destined to be a powerful vampire slayer. One who fears Malachi's power has gathered an army of rogue Predators to destroy him and to take over the world. Balthazar joins forces with the insane but very powerful vampire Charles Upton. They intend to destroy the Cravens, turn the Normal into Predators, and rule the world the way they were meant to or die trying (metaphorically speaking).
Billie Sue Mosiman makes her vampires so detailed and realistic that readers come away believing that this secret society actually exists. The vampiric characters are complex, yet easy to understand because they are a cross section of the human population in all its glory and degradation. MALACHI'S MOON, the sequel to RED MOON RISING, is a special treat for lovers of the supernatural.
Harriet Klausner
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Your Personal Guide to Wellness
* Because doctors are simply too busy to give advice
* Because weeding through all the available health information is overwhelming
* Because it is your body and you should have the tools to get and stay healthy without leaving your home!
With over 25 years experience as a doctor and health consultant, Dr. McManus helps you set health goals and inspires you to do what it takes to be healthy--mentally, spiritually, and physically--recognizing that all these factors revolve around each other. Your Personal Guide to Wellness gives you the tools, knowledge, and encouragement to take charge of your health and change the quality of your life forever!
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Indescribably Wonderful!!!!!!!!.......2006-07-25
There is so much to say about this book but I will try to make it short:
1. Great learning material for the nutritionally challenged.
2. Excellent reference book for when you hit a nutritional plateau or when your food knowledge is skewed.
3. Honest. Honest. Honest. Honest. Very truthful about the subtitle: What Your Doctor Doesn't Have Time to Tell You". Here's the kicker: She's a doctor and she does tell you!!!!
4. It is a nutritional bible. That is no joke!
An excellent book and I am glad I purchased it.
Enjoy.
You are in charge of your health........2006-07-19
Excellent book. Our nutrition is lacking so much. We need to take charge of our own health issues and this book shows us how.
Great read and informative.......2005-09-15
I bought this book for a class. It's easy to read and has a lot of great information on nutrition. I'll be referring to it often due to it being packed with information. I highly recommend it to others.
Easy & Resourceful.......2005-01-25
My mother-in-law always has a Doctor-Mom-type book at the ready for quick over-the-phone diagnoses of possible ills, follies, and fractures.
But, the book stops short at "Go see your doctor."
This book picks up AFTER the doctor visit, and completes the loop. In her easy, conversational style, Dr. McManus helps you put into practical application the things your doctor, and your body, need to heal and/or to be well.
WOW... .......2004-08-25
If you want to live a longer more active life, read this one!!
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Ahead Of Its Time.......2001-06-13
I read this book in the early 90's. Ted Morter, D.C. was way ahead of his time when he released this book to the public. Unfortunately, good health is a person's choice and most people will take very little time to make inquiry into the matter. Also, although this book is reasonable and substantiated from a physiological standpoint, one has to break through the idolatry that exists where medical cures are concerned (i.e. antacids as a cure for stomach ills, argggh!).
I loved Dr. Morters explanation of the digestive process and the pH of each phase from salivation to stomach to duodenum. It is necessary to understand all this to understand what lengths our bodies will go to in order to "save the whole man". The body operates in its wisdom under dire circumstances, but we have a choice and an opportunity to get out of survival mode into health. And the answer is so simple and the logic impeccable.
Cancer and other disease thrive in an acidic environment within the body. Each food we eat leaves a residue of acid or alkalai in our system. Our body will do crazy things to counteract the acid-ash residue left from the SAD diet we are used to (Std. American Diet). Our body will pull calcium from the bones even to neutralize the acid in the system. Drinking more homogenized milk only aggravates the acidity.
Dr. Morter runs under the legs of the medical researchers and unlocks the mysteries...a simple answer to a plaguing problem. Now, ten years after I read the book, researchers are catching up to this book.
It's your health and your choice. If you won't invest the effort to read a little book and see if it compels you to make some basic adjustments, then you deserve the inevitable: poor health and misery---perhaps early exit. This book is great and it changed my life. Too bad it's out of print. It's a CLASSIC! I think that you could find it as a used book even. I still have my copy and don't lend it to anyone. Get it at the library if you must. Sincerely, "paris_match@hotmail.com"
A way out for common health problems.......2000-06-05
The book gives me a new perspective towards "health" from the traditional "nutrition" way. This pH perspective takes a "total approach" towards health. You will know the real causes of some common illness like asthma, heart diseases, gall stones, mental illness, blood problems......which are actually caused by bad eating habits/choices. Then you will know how to find a way out from those diseases. The book is written in very simple language, an average people can understand it very easily. Having understood the reasons why we choose out food in a 8:2 ratio (8=vege, 2=protein/carbohydrate), it is so easy to apply the priciple in my daily life to stay healthy. It is recommended to read the other books from the author - Dynamic Health, An apple a day and Exercise or Diet.
Clear, Simple, Very Eye Opening!.......1999-11-18
This plus "God's Way to Ultimate Health",Lyman's "Mad Cowboy" started it all for me around January. A good friend recommended to read Malkmus after she beat breast cancer by changing her diet! I knew then I had to understand the link between diet and health. I wasn't satisfied to read just this book but many of the others listed in the bibliography and others on biological medicine and others relating to the acid/alkaline balance within our bodies. Morter's "Your Health, Your Choice" helps us to describe what's happening and clearly spells out what implications diet has on our lives. Armed with this info I've been able to help my mother gain control of her arthritis and hopefully get her off methotrexate for good. I've been able to help my mother in law lower her cholesterol since prior strokes have made this an issue. And my wife and I have lost the weight we couldn't seem to shake and have been able to improve all aspects of our health and physical well being. If you have any loved ones who's quality of life you want help improve this book is a great start.
Read this book! Your life may be in danger........1998-09-29
If you have any type of health problem, please read this book. You may not know it, but your food may be killing you. Your body can heal, but it may be in survival mode and it just doesnt have the chance. This book is very understandable and funny, yet gets technical enough to be convincing. The most beautiful part is that it is your chioce and your health. You can go as fast or as slow as you want. The section on exercise makes you rethink your exercise program. If you want to be healthy, read this book. If not, pass it up. It's up to you, and only you..
Don't read it if your not really serious about getting help.......1998-09-26
Are you tired of being tired? Are you tired of the weight your carrying around, and are serious about losing the extra weight? Get this book! Don't read it if your not ready, let someone else get it who wants real help! It changed my life, and my health has improved greatly!! P.S. It will cut your food bill too!
Book Description
What Does Your Doctor Look Like Naked? Your Guide To Optimal Health delves into the complete concept of obtaining and then maintaining optimal health and your ideal body. It, unlike other books out there, describes not only what to do but more importantly the HOW TO and WHY the program works. With this understanding, optimal health, weight loss, and the body you desire are only a few steps away.
Customer Reviews:
Best book I've found on proper nutrition.......2007-10-10
Dr. Willey tells it how it is and doesn't beat around the bush, the best book I've ever read on health and nutrition!! And if you really want to change your body and like lifting weights his second book Better Than Steroids is a must!!Everything You Need To Know About Fat Loss
Straightforward facts, painless to implement.......2007-06-06
I am a practicing surgeon and enjoyed reading Dr. Willey's book. His approach to weight loss is based on sound biochemical as well as medical principles. Rather than focusing on diet methods that require difficult to follow meal plans, starvation, total food group avoidance, etc., Dr. Willey emphasizes lifestyle changes that are easier to follow and adhere to, and do not lead to organ system breakdown and overload---things that are all-too- commonplace with certain popular fad diets. Reading his book gives one the opportunity to not only learn the proper foods to eat, but probably more importantly, the correct timing of meals and exercise to allow safe, effective and lasting weight loss and total body fitness.
His diet plans and teachings allow all people willing to participate the opportunity to regain self-respect, self-esteem and to see amazing results without trying dietary restrictions that leave people looking for the next 'miracle diet'. Proper application of good eating habits as well as tolerable exercise regimens allow all readers the ability to safely achieve their weight loss and fitness goals, while still being able to have 'vacation days' and not give up all favorite snacks.
I personally agree with the lessons learned by reading this insightful book and highly recommend it to all those who seek a very achievable level of fitness and health. Dr. Willey practices what he preaches!!!!!!
A Healthcare Perspective.......2007-06-05
Having put to practice Dr. Willey's suggested regimen in both diet and exercise that is outlined in his book, both personally and for dozens of my patients, I can attest to its effectiveness. What intrigues me most is the concept that this is about total body health and well being...not just a "fad" diet.
As I employ these principles taught within Dr. Willey's work and in utilizing these principles in dealing with weight loss, healthy eating habits and exercise prescriptions, I find that not only do we have positive outcomes in well being, but this empowers patients -- they recognize they have power over many of their illnesses and can manage these disease states with appropriate non-prescriptive ways, or at the very least, find that their control of their hypertension, diabetes, insulin resistance etc. with their medications is vastly improved.
One thing is certain. If the principles found within this book were acted upon we would have a healthier populace within this country. Promoted effectively, these principles should certainly replace the reliance we've recently had on such diets as the Atkin's diet.
Easiest Application for Weight Loss.......2007-06-01
I am a nurse practitioner and work in a primary care setting. I have several weight loss patients who are looking for inexpensive, practical, solutions to manage their weight, improve blood pressure control, improve diebetes control, and boost their energy.
Dr. Willey has producted the easiest application of an optimal health program that I have read. He has a very talented ability of integrating cutting-edge medicine with inexpensive, applicable eating plans. I give his book to each of my weight loss patients and review specific chapters like "Develop and Understanding of Food" and "Food Timing" at their follow-up visits. My patients who apply his teachings to their eating styles report that they drop dress sizes and reduce waiste lines. They report improved energy levels, better sleeping patters, and lose weight. I have noted improvements in their blood pressure, blood glucose control, body composition and the less need for medications, etc. It is a health care providers dream!
The book is written for the public, not the medical community. It is easy to understand and apply. It is a must read for health care providers and anyone wanting to maximize their health!
Still Improving!.......2006-12-25
I started applying the principles of this book over 3 years ago and I'm still making gains in lean muscle mass and fat loss!
Book Description
HEALTH IS A PERSONAL MATTER (You're a unique human being, and what's the matter with you is likewise unique and can only be understood & successfully treated that way.)
Every body is genetically unique and modern healing and health maintenance programs adapt to the person, and not the person to the system!
This completely personalized approach of astrology starts with your birthchart (or any other person you wish) and creates a printed report for your guidance and study. You will understand your strengths and weaknesses and will be given suggestions for specific natural remedies and nutrition to achieve and maintain optimum health. You will be given warnings specific to your body and your approach to life along with suggestions to avoid or overcome those problems. With this report you will be able to develop a totally unique and pertinent health maintenance program for yourself and others in your family.
The book explains, and the accompanying CD-ROM calculates the birthchart and prints out the report. Here is a wellness tool ideal as a gift to someone you care about.
Customer Reviews:
Great book if you are serious about your health.......2006-02-17
This is not for the faint of heart. Diane Cramer has written several books already, and they are all great reference sources. I made some interesting discoveries just based on my own horoscope and this book.
Diane's writing style is concise and easy to grasp. Llewellyn's organization of the book leaves a bit to be desired though. If you have a Windows PC, you will probably find the enclosed CD-ROM with software to create your own Health Report very worthwhile and an excellent start to taking control of your own health.
I enjoy this book very much and frequently consult it to adjust my own health regimen. Your personal alopathic physician may find it all too farfetched; then again, I'd rather take my vitamins now rather than prescription medications with nasty side effects later. Diane Cramer doesn't claim that using astrology could prevent or cure disease, but I believe that it can at least give insight into how to take charge of any (potential) health issues. Use this book as a guide to improving your health. Highly recommended!
Customer Reviews:
Changed my life!.......2006-09-15
This book was just the push I needed to take charge of my health. Now I'm feeling healthier than I have in over 20 years. Thanks guys!
2 Thumbs Up!.......2006-08-07
Optimal Wellness takes the knowledge of 5 great doctors and mixes it up in to 1 easy to follow book. It has helped me refine my diet and correct my posture!
Excellent!.......2006-02-10
This book is full of so many ideas for feeling more energy. I really needed the boast and got it from just a couple of their ideas. I like these guys!
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