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Blurbs for “Noe”

yourprotagonist2 — Mon, 23 May 2011 04:59:03 +0000

Friends and colleagues have offered early praise for “Noe”:

Franz Wisner, author of Honeymoon with My Brother and How the World Makes Love:

“There is no doubt Phil Wolfson’s poignant and thoughtful Noe will break your heart. There is also no question Noe will strengthen your heart, as well as deepen your sensitivity and widen your range of emotions. A seasoned psychiatrist, Wolfson shares, through unbroken honesty and thoughtful prose, the toughest story a parent could tell. Yet out of the depths of his family’s tragedy, Wolfson enriches our emotional knowledge, better equipping us for the blows, large and small, sure to befall us all.”

Jerry Jampolsky, MD, founder of The Center for Attitudinal Healing and author of Love Is Letting Go of Fear:

“A sensitive chronicle of the vagaries of love and the struggle to stay clear and present despite great stress and difficulty. Noe can serve as a guide to those who are living through overwhelming personal crises, facing their own or a beloved’s death. It charts the possibilities for coming apart, staying together, and the choices that will have to be made during and after a great illness. A terrific book for fathers building a new culture of connection with their children.”

Lew Carlino, director and screenwriter of Resurrection and The Great Santini:

“Phil Wolfson has beautifully written a loving threnody to his son, Noah, who died young, much too young, of cancer. The work takes us deep into the sorrow and courage that lies in the most tender and vulnerable recesses of the human heart, until, finally, we are there, with Noah, walking alongside him on his via dolorosa. And we come to understand that we are walking with Wolfson and his family as well and, ultimately, with each other, sharing the grief that life brings us, and that the music of this book, this healing paean, is helping us along our way.”

Ralph Metzner, PhD, author of The Well of Remembrance and The Unfolding Self:

“My friend Phil Wolfson and I belong to that sorrowful fellowship of parents whose children have died. In this book of great courage, he shares the harrowing journey of his family as they endure the four-year ordeal of their teenage son succumbing to leukemia. Blending Noah’s rueful journal notes as he anticipates his life’s ending with Phil’s tender descriptions of an exuberant youthful life amidst the terrible despair of the helpless parents—this story is a heart-opening testament to the power of the spirit of love.”

Sasha and Ann Shulgin, authors of Pihkal and Tihkal:

“We lived this story with the Wolfson family and knew intimately of their pain, struggle, and loss, and their simultaneous commitment to love and sanity. They were courageous in their use of alternative methods to explore and heal mind and heart, and that story is told in Noe as an offering to others to take risks to find new truths. Noah’s death is still a terrible loss to all of us—he was an exceptional young man. Noe reveals him to you in hopes of helping you on your own life’s bittersweet path.”

Judy Norsigian, co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves:

“This extraordinary memoir and moving story about losing a child to leukemia offers many provocative insights about how we raise our children, deal with death, and create the communities that support us in times of crisis.”

Watch the “Noe” book trailer

yourprotagonist2 — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:29:31 +0000

Eric Wolfson has created a short film that captures the essence of his father’s memoir.

In this deeply personal video, Phil, Eric and Alice, Noah’s mother, speak openly about his life, his illness and their hopes for how this book might touch others.

Please watch. If it moves you, we hope you’ll consider sharing it.

The Burt Cohen Show with yours truly: available as a podcast

Phil Wolfson MD — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:42:25 +0000

If you had technical difficulties as we did, especially prevalent with Macs, and you wish to hear the show, you can download an MP3 podcast of my appearance. The show is getting great reviews from listeners — and I had fun doing it, so I hope you have the time to tune in.

Hugs,

Phil

Noe #2–Heading to Galleys and PR decisions

Phil Wolfson MD — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 04:21:45 +0000

The back cover is complete and Noe moves to galleys. The blurbs of Catherine Ingram and Rabbi Michael Lerner grace the back of Noe along with North Atlantic Books editor Elizabeth Kennedy’s book description. Of the eight blurbs I gratefully received, those of Jerry Jampolsky, Judy Norsegian, Ralph Metzner, Lew Carlino and Ann and Sasha Shulgin give praise and enticement to read in the inside of the book. Noe moves closer to print (not to mention Kindle).

This week coming I will make a decision on hiring a PR firm for Noe. Thus far I have focused my efforts—with my dear friend and community expert, Walter Thompson—on getting up and running in the social media world—more to come. Eric is working on our videos—1 minute and 2 to 3 minute versions—we filmed last week. Following the advice and teaching of the NAB publisher Richard Grossinger, I am leaning toward a success-based format focusing on reviews and talk-shows. Apparently in this new publishing world, book tours are not particularly propitious. I will be doing local shows and if warranted some other cities. Bitter, negative stories of PR experiences—spending beaucoup for little benefit—are the rule. So, I am embracing my mentor’s suggestions.

For those of you interested in an education on PR in this changing environment for books I suggest Chapter 14 of Richard’s online narrative on publishing. Thanks for your interest in Noe.