{"product_id":"duck-summer-my-odyssey-as-a-dialysis-patient-paperback","title":"Duck Summer: My Odyssey as a Dialysis Patient - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAngelene J. Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuck Summer: My Odyssey as a Dialysis Patient is the story of my journey through renal failure and subsequent six-year stint on hemodialysis. Focusing primarily on the events and incidents occurring while undergoing the treatments, Duck Summer explores the experiences of the dialysis patient, including the navigation through the hospital maze, adjusting to dialysis centers and the staff, and trying to understand health management options, all while struggling to cope with the emotional and psychological demands of ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease). Duck Summer is a response to people who have limited knowledge of the broad ramifications of kidney failure and its consequent treatment. As it provides information on some of the many complexities of being a dialysis patient, it also describes the potential toll kidney failure takes on the whole person. Ultimately, the memoir paints a vivid picture of the critical need for organ donation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngelene J. Hall was twelve years old when her parents left sharecropping for a small town in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. From a sharecropper's daughter to a Bachelor's from Bennett College in Greensboro, to a Master's from the University of Cincinnati, to a PhD from Union Institute and Graduate School, she is now Professor Emerita, University of Cincinnati. Having taught courses in black creative expression, including especially African American literature, and presented and published both scholarship and short fiction, she is currently writing both fiction and nonfiction. Also during her tenure at the University, she succumbed to renal failure and spent six years (1998-2004) on kidney dialysis. Teaching full-time during this ordeal, she collected information for DUCK SUMMER, her most recent work, which describes her experiences with ESRD. An equally important motivation for DUCK is to educate the public about renal decline and failure, dialysis, and the urgency of organ donation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 154\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 27, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67849258139955,"sku":"9780986257605","price":27.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/1JUxi6oVFS9780986257605.webp?v=1793502068","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/duck-summer-my-odyssey-as-a-dialysis-patient-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}