"Diane Chambers has written a strong, compassionate story.  Her teaching of sign to a deaf-blind, elderly man tells us that we can, and should, teach, learn, rise, rejoice and gain in wisdom until we die."

Joanne Greenberg, author of In This Sign, and I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.

"Not only did I learn a lot about deaf-blindness, but also about the day-to-day activities of interpreters/teachers.  The high level of professional competency and judgment, the extensive commitment of time necessary for the teaching process, and the need to engage the family and associates of students in the rehabilitation process really comes through to the reader." 

Alvin Roberts, Bureau of Blind Services Quality Assurance Administrator, Carbondale Illinois 

"Candid and inspiring...On her unforgettable journey with Bert Riedel, Diane faced herself, rearranged herself, and came back to write movingly of the experience." 

Eldon Ragland, President of Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, Alumni Association and past President of the Colorado Association of the Deaf

"This book made me cry.  It helped me remember why I do this."  Lindsey Antle, sign language interpreter, Colorado

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Of Diane Chambers' New Book,

Hearing the Stream, A Survivors Journey into the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer

    Dr. Tim Byers, Deputy Director of the University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center says,

 "I am a man, so what can I know of "sisterhoods?"  I am also a medical epidemiologist,doing research on breast cancer.  My favorite definition of "epidemiology" is that it is the study of disease with the tears wiped away.  Diane Chambers' account of her growth from a breast cancer patient, to a survivor, to a sister, and then to an advocate, uses the metaphor of a stream as a restoring force of nature. For me, this stream is a reminder of both the healing power of nature and also of the many tears that run in that stream.  This memoir of one woman's physical, emotional, and social journey through breast cancer will be a healing inspiration for many.  Death rates from breast cancer have been declining at a remarkable rate since 1990 in Colorado and in the United States because of improvements in early detection and treatment.  Even more improvement will result we could more fully apply our current knowledge, and if we could make faster progress in research.  Accounts such as this of the human toll of breast cancer motivate me as a researcher, and should motivate us all, to re-double our many efforts to further reduce, and someday eradicate, this disease."

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