Author:Angie Buxton-King
When Angie Buxton-King's young son, Sam was diagnosed with leukaemia, her determination to try everything she could for her child led her to consider complementary therapies, especially healing, alongside the traditional hospital treatment. Using other healers and her own healing skills, Angie saw a real difference in how much more comfortable Sam was and doctors were amazed at how few side effects he suffered.
The NHS Healer is Angie's remarkable tale and an uplifiting book for anyone suffering from emotional of physical pain or illness, as well as those involved in caring for others.
It will touch your soul and open your heart. With honesty and clarity, this woman's story is both inspiring and healing.
—— International Healer, Writer and LecturerAngie's message is one of healing and hope, a carefully crafted chronicle, skilfully put together ... Do read it!
—— Psychic NewsThe writing style is fluent, informative and seamlessly interwoven with clear and practical insights ... an unmissable book.
—— In Balance MagazineExplains a revolutionary way to care for dementia patients ... tender techniques that can ease absent minds
—— TelegraphI bought it and can confirm that anyone who wants help in caring for the condition will find this excellent work a revelation
—— Bel Mooney , Mail on Sundayremarkably simple ... The resulting well-being can last a lifetime
—— Yours magazineshows that dementia need not be a nightmare of frustration and embarrassment ... James shows that it is possible to unlock isolation and distress
—— Church TimesOliver James has made a great job of setting out the SPECAL theory and method in this book which I strongly recommend to all care home managers and staff teams
—— John Burton , Caring TimesShows how to minimize that distress and manage the dementia in ways that recall early pioneering work on dealing with madness . . . He writes clearly and plainly, gives good examples of the techniques he suggests, and stays always on the practical side. I expected this book to be depressing; it is exactly the opposite.
—— The IndependentThis is a poignant memoir: part therapy, part chronicle
—— Jack Carrigan , Catholic HeraldThings I've Been Silent About is a kind of companion volume to Nafisi's 2003 memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran ... giving us finely etched portraits of her tempestuous authoritarian mother, and her doting, unassertive father, who was a mayor Tehran under the Shah
—— Michiko Katkutani , Scotland on SundayA portrait of a family and a country that are at once alluring and deeply dysfunctional
—— Economist[A] beautifully written memoir
—— Financial TimesA gifted storyteller with a mastery of Western literature, Nafisi knows how to use language both to settle scores and to seduce. Her family secrets pour forth in a flood of revelations of anger, humiliation and deceit
—— The New York TimesAn utterly memorable book
—— Guardian WeeklyAll readers should read it
—— Margaret AtwoodEnthralled
—— Susan SontagThis is a remarkable insight into a fascinating period of history, and a touching portrait of astonishing tenacity and integrity in the face of adversity that few in the Western world could imagine
—— Good Book GuideA balanced, lucid narrative; a rich, complex account of this crucial part of Iranian history
—— ObserverA powerful memoir of Nafisi's Iranian childhood, her mother and a homeland shattered by political revolution
—— The Times