Posted: 16 May, 2012
The February edition of Readers Digest included an advert for Out of Calamity in its In and Out Books section.
The advert used a beautiful quotation from Dr Rees book to highlight the power of Out of Calamity.
It reads:
TRUE STORIES:
“...Photos of that time tell of a host of friends who loved her. ‘Here’s her portrait before the accident,’ says her father, pointing
lovingly at a framed photo of Amanda on their lounge-room wall. And then quietly he says, ‘See how her eyes match her smile.’ He
is pensive and still, gazing statue-like at her photos. At that time she was the source of her family’s pride and inspiration. She still is, but it is different now. Different because there is not even the slightest whisper to touch her mother’s heart or barely a flicker
of recognition in response to her mother’s searching look.”
OUT OF CALAMITY: STORIES OF TRAUMA SURVIVORS
BY ROGER REES"
Out of Calamity is available at retailers nation wide