Books etc for and about Burn Survivors, and about Fire Safety
Books for Teens and Adults
:60 Second Chronic Pain Relief: The Quickest Way to Soften the Throb, Cool the Burn, Ease the Ache
(by Peter G. Lehndorff, MD) teaches you
how to reprogram your way of thinking about pain and gives effective
methods to deal with it.
Order online: http://www.amazon.com/Second-Chronic-Relief-Quickest-Soften/dp/0882821512/
A Face First
(by Priscilla Cummings) is a novel which
incorporates medical vocabulary and treatments into the narrative as
twelve-year-old Kelley finds her world reduced to a hospital burn unit and
learns to cope with the vast changes in her life.
Order online: http://www.amazon.com/Face-First-Priscilla-Cummings/dp/0142302473/
Burned ... Now What?
(by Bill Soulsby), himself a burn
survivor, provides self-help information for first time burn survivors and
their families on how to face and overcome the many obstacles they will
encounter during their recovery.
Order online: http://www.amazon.com/Burned-Now-What-Bill-Soulsby/dp/0741405504/
Burns Sourcebook (Health Reference Series)
(by Allan R Cook) is an impressive
compendium of information on burns and scalds, beginning with prevention
and including all phases of treatment and recovery from burn injury.
Order online: http://www.amazon.com/Burns-Sourcebook-Health-Reference-Allan/dp/0780802047/
Burn Unit: Saving Lives After the Flames
(by Barbara Ravage) is both an engrossing
scientific exploration of this little-known field of medicine and a moving
human drama, from the Cocoanut Grove fire of 1942 to the 21st century.
Order online: http://www.amazon.com/Burn-Unit-Saving-Lives-Flames/dp/0306814196/
Butterflies
(by Susanne Gervay) is a heartwarming and
uplifting novel about Katherine, a young woman who was burned as a
toddler, and her coming of age amid teasing by her classmates, multiple
surgeries, and abandonment by her father.
Order online: http://www.amazon.com/Butterflies-Susanne-Gervay/dp/B003UO4UF4/
Changing Faces: The Challenge of Facial Disfigurement
(by James Partridge) shares the
philosophical insights he gained during his prolonged recovery from 40%
burns suffered in a car fire when he was an 18 year old student.
Order online: http://www.amazon.com/Changing-Faces-Challenge-Facial-Disfigurement/dp/1900928124/
Coping Strategies for Burn Survivors and Their Families
(by Norman R Bernstein, MD, Alan Jeffry Breslau,
MSChE, and Jean Ann Graham, PhD) is a unique source of information
giving insights into the lives, struggles, and psyches of survivors.
Order online: http://www.amazon.com/Coping-Strategies-Survivors-Their-Families/dp/0275925285/
Easy for You to Say: Q and As for Teens Living With Chronic Illness or Disability
(by Miriam Kaufman, MD) offers solid
practical advice, straight talk and honest answers to questions that many
would be too embarrassed to ask.
Order online: http://www.amazon.com/Easy-You-Say-Chronic-Disability/dp/1770850996/
Fighting Invisible Tigers: A Stress Management Guide for Teens
(by Earl Hipp) helps you understand how
stress affects your mind and body. It also gives both long- and short-
term strategies for dealing with stress effectively.
Order online: http://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Invisible-Tigers-Stress-Management/dp/0915793806/
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness
(by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD) shows you how to
improve your overall quality of life through mindfulness meditation and
mindful yoga.
Order online: http://www.amazon.com/Full-Catastrophe-Living-Wisdom-Illness/dp/0385303122/
Journeys Through Hell
(by Dennis J Stouffer) is a study of
catastrophic burn victims, showing how lives are shattered and then
reassembled with dignity and new self-awareness, almost always with the
help of loved ones and other survivors.
Order online: http://www.amazon.com/Journeys-Through-Hell-Dennis-Stouffer/dp/084767892X/
Out of the Fire
(by Deborah Froese) is a gripping novel
which includes all aspects of life as sixteen-year-old Dayle struggles to
come to terms with the changes in her life as well as the physical and
emotional pain caused by her injuries.
Order online: http://www.amazon.com/Out-Fire-Deborah-Froese/dp/1894549090/
Riley's Fire
(by Lee Merrill Byrd) is a novel about
seven-year-old Riley, a hospital patient being treated for third-degree
burns over most of his face and body, and his roommates and parents, told
from his own somewhat unreliable viewpoint.
Order online: http://www.amazon.com/Rileys-Fire-Lee-Merrill-Byrd/dp/1565124979/
Rising from the Flames: The Experience of the Severely Burned
(by Albert Howard Carter III, PhD and Jane
Arbuckle Petro, MD) delves into history, philosphy, medicine, and
religion to look at burns and their aftermath from different perspectives.
Order online: http://www.amazon.com/Rising-Flames-Experience-Severely-Burned/dp/0812215176/
Severe Burns: A Family Guide to Medical and Emotional Recovery
(by Andrew M Munster, MD and the staff of the
Baltimore Regional Burn Center) is a comprehensive resource for
burn survivors and for their families, friends, and caregivers.
Order online: http://www.amazon.com/Severe-Burns-Medical-Emotional-Recovery/dp/0801846536/
