Lupus - Softcover

Szasz, Suzy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573920231 ISBN 13: 9781573920230

Publisher: Prometheus, 1995

Synopsis

This work is a courageous account of living with a chronic illness, a powerful lesson in self-determination, and a personal declaration of independence.

About this title

About the Author:

A native of Syracuse, NY, Suzy Szasz retired as head of Greenwood Library of Longwood University in June 2016 after five years at Longwood. Previously she had been the Deputy Librarian of Virginia (at the Library of Virginia), Associated Dean for Collections, Preservation & Digital Initiatives at the University of Louisville Libraries, and had held various positions at the Cornell University Library for more than 20 years.

Suzy is a past president of the Virginia Library Association and also served as Chair of the State Council of Higher Education of Virginia (SCHEV) Library Advisory Council. She has also been vice president/president-elect of the Richmond Academic Library Consortium and the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies/State Library Agency Section, a division of the American Library Association (ALA). She remains a member of editorial boards including: LL&M (journal of the American Library Association/Library, Leadership & Management Association) and Public Services Quarterly, and was previously on the board of Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture (and served twice as editor-in-chief under previous titles). She has spoken nationally and internationally on a variety of topics including the ethics of reference service and the future of the book.

Suzy interests and time are now devoted to health care and patient engagement & advocacy, political campaigns, and other volunteer work in Richmond, VA.

From Library Journal:

Szasz, an academic reference librarian, has written a mesmerizing account of her life as a sufferer of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, or lupus. She offers it as a counterpoint to accounts of people who have overcome medical or psychological tragedies and have returned to normal health. Szasz's life stopped being normal with her diagnosis at age 13. She will always be sick. She shares what she has learned in her 20 years as a chronically ill person: become as educated about the condition and its treatment as possible; choose doctors carefully and work with them, not against them; remain as independent as you possibly can; understand and be prepared for the financial battles; keep your mind active; and do as much as you can. One is impressed throughout the book with Szasz's intelligence, her willpower, and her joy in life's pleasures. "Life really is a crapshoot," she writes, and it is clear that Szasz has made the most of what she was thrown. Highly recommended for popular health collections.
- Barbara Keen, Spokane Community Coll. Lib., Wash.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prometheus
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1573920231
• ISBN 13: 9781573920230
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 243