2007 (NAPPA) National Parenting Publications Book Awards Announced Today
Boston, MA (PRWeb) February 23, 2007 -- The 2007 National Parenting Publications Awards committe announced today that Riding the Infertility Roller Coaster: A Guide to Educate and Inspire won a top honor with a gold award in the pregnancy and birth category. This is the second award for this book. It previously was the recipient of a Finalist Award from USABookNews for pregancy and health books in 2006.
The author, Iris Waichler, MSW,LCSW, found herself pregnant after a year and a half long struggle with infertility. She had her daughter at age 45. In her book she shares her battle with infertility and also interviews other men and women who share their experience and knowledge about their struggle with infertility. This book is written from a personal and professional standpoint. "My goal in writing this book is to educate and empower people engaged in their own infertility battles. I also wanted it to be a one stop shopping book that would offer these people, their friends, and families, all the information they would need to cope with and understand the challenges of infertility. I wanted them to know they do not have to feel isolated and alone."
Dr. Christiane Northrup, MD, well known national and international author and speaker said, "Riding the Infertility Roller Coaster is loaded with practical and inspiring real world solutions that can help everyone who has been labeled 'infertile.' "
Ms. Waichler has been a medical social worker in large teaching hospitals in Chicago for 13 years. She is also the author of Patient Power: How to Have a Say During Your Hospital Stay. (Betterway Publications,1986.) Ms. Waichler has been a licensed clinical social worker for 30 years. She has led Pregnant at Last (PAL) support groups for people who have gotten pregnant after infertility treatment, done individual counseling, and led many workshops on infertility related topics. She lives in Chicago with her husband, Steve, and their daughter, Grace.
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