Voices from the Heart: Lifting the Veil on Epilepsy

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Louis Stanislaw has brought us an extraordinary gift: a collection of deeply moving essays from men and women sharing their personal experiences with epilepsy, one of mankinds least understood and most daunting of challenges.

In these pages, Jonathan Magaziner shares his feelings of pain and powerlessness as he sits on an airplane and watches a man a few rows away suffer a seizureand then be carried off to an unknown destination. Lord Charles Guthrie, the distinguished British military commander, tells us about the strength and pride of a young soldier who refuses to let his secret battle with epilepsy halt his dreams of a sterling military career. And Bill Maier tells us of his personal angels: the doctors and nurses who were finally able to halt his seizures and put an end to the chaos that was destroying his life. Crowning the collection, a young woman named Amanda Rich tells of her personal heartache and triumph, as she comes to embrace her epilepsy not as an affliction but as a gift, an opportunity to learn and grow and share with others the need for greater understanding and social acceptance for everyone with such challenges.

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"Voices from the Heart takes epilepsy out of the shadows and shines the light of understanding and humanity on it from many different perspectivesboth personal and medical. Anyone whose life has been touched by epilepsythrough family, friend, or selfwill find in this vital book an immense trove of wisdom, revelation, awareness, acceptance, and compassion. I highly, highly recommend it." Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling author

Author Bio

Louis Stanislaw is a man with a mission: to erase the ignorance and stigma that for centuries have accompanied epilepsy and those who struggle with it almost every day of their lives.

Louis studied filmmaking at Oberlin College and at the prestigious International Film School of Paris. He then produced and directed the ground-breaking documentary film, On The Edge, Living With Epilepsy, broadcast across America and abroad by PBS.

Voices from The Heart represents the next major step in Louis's campaign. With his own illustrations, and with ringing endorsements from leading authorities on epilepsy, Louis's book is already being hailed as a unique contribution to the understanding of epilepsy and as a testament to the strength and resilience of the human spirit.