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...active party in the Job story--Satan. Again, David is loath to see supernatural manipulation. If evil is involved, he sees it as part of the general and far-reaching brokenness that resulted from Adam and Eve's sin. "We live in a fallen world that's full of pain and disease and death mixed in with the joy of our being here," he says. "And consistent with that, I think Hope was born to us because we are carriers of a received genetic mutation...
...those characters I wish I had really known. August says that when he writes he leaves some blood on the page. You can't get that stuff out of yourself without hurt. It's not therapy; it's more like revelation. He often talks about the pain of writing by quoting Bynum, one of his characters in Joe Turner's Come and Gone, who says, "I don't do it lightly. It costs me a piece of myself every time I do." And in doing so, August has earned his place on this list...
...health fears associated with the skies, it is DVT that has captured most public attention. Erroneously referred to as "economy-class syndrome," DVT can strike cramped passengers in any section of an aircraft. In some victims, the effect of the blood clots might be a sharp stabbing pain and swelling in the lower leg. In others, it might be much more serious: part of the clot may detach itself and travel through the bloodstream to the lungs, where it can cause a pulmonary embolism, an obstruction that can prove fatal. The Slater & Gordon case goes to the heart...
...Most moving of all is Solomon's portrayal of the pain of others in different cultures and classes. In Cambodia, he is "humbled to the ground" by the story of Phaly Nuon, forced to watch as her 12-year-old daughter was gang-raped and murdered by the Khmer Rouge. She came through the darkness by "forgetting, loving, working" and now helps others do the same. He visits Greenland, where depression affects as much as 80% of the population. Yet the Inuits' taboo against "being a cloud in the sky for other people" prevents them from seeking help. Solomon...
...Since his first breakdown, Solomon has suffered two relapses, one while writing this book. Depression is "always there, waiting in the wings." Yet he has learned to embrace his suffering, citing the Russian proverb that "if you wake up feeling no pain, you know you're dead." Depression has taught him "what it means to be human, what is good in being human." It has allowed him to come to terms with his terminally ill mother's suicide and forced him to confront his confusion over his sexuality. Solomon apologizes that "no book can span the reach of human suffering...