Category: A Woman’s Guide to Living with Heart Disease

Dr. Martha Gulati’s fabulous foreword to my book

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by Carolyn Thomas  ♥  @HeartSisters

Dr. Martha Gulati

When you open a non-fiction book, you’ll likely find a section called the foreword, written by somebody who is not the book’s author. It addresses a reader’s questions about the book: Why is the author of this book particularly qualified to write it? What will I gain or learn by reading this book?

The Chicago Manual of Style writing guide describes a foreword as “written by someone eminent to lend credibility to the book”. 

I needed to find someone eminent (definition: famous, respected, important) to agree to write the foreword for A Woman’s Guide to Living With Heart Disease because, unlike other heart books out there written by cardiologists, my heart book was written by a heart patient with zero medical training. To many, that translates as zero credibility. Continue reading “Dr. Martha Gulati’s fabulous foreword to my book” →

“Best narrative I have ever encountered on this topic”

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Thanks to John Sawdon and his Cardiac Health Foundation of Canada  colleagues for including this chapter-by-chapter overview of my book in their Winter Bulletin:

John Sawdon’s Book Review:  “A Woman’s Guide to Living with Heart Disease”

Written by Carolyn Thomas, fromVictoria, B.C. and author of the blog Heart Sisters; foreword written by Martha Gulati, MD FACC.  Published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

“Carolyn Thomas begins Chapter 1 with her very first heart attack symptoms and the decision to seek immediate medical help at the Emergency Department of her local hospital. She is misdiagnosed, however, with acid reflux and sent home.  This dramatic introduction is followed by what researchers report about the known disparities in the research, diagnoses, treatments and outcomes of women’s heart disease compared to men’s –  and includes brief case studies of women who describe their own surprisingly varied heart attack symptoms. Continue reading ““Best narrative I have ever encountered on this topic”” →

Can’t wait to start reading my book? Here’s Chapter 1!

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by Carolyn Thomas  ♥  @HeartSisters 

February is Heart Month, so here’s a Heart Month bonus for you! You can now read the full transcript of Chapter 1 of “A Woman’s Guide to Living with Heart Disease“  (Johns Hopkins University Press). I’m thrilled to say that my book is already in its second printing of both hardcover and paperback editions. Thank you, darling readers!  Here’s Chapter 1, and here’s how to buy your own copy to read the other nine chapters – and, of course, the gorgeous foreword written by cardiologist Dr. Martha Gulati. ♥ Continue reading “Can’t wait to start reading my book? Here’s Chapter 1!” →

“Very different from other heart books”: my Q&A with Johns Hopkins University Press

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by Carolyn Thomas  ♥  @HeartSisters

At some point during the two-year adventure of writing my book, “A Woman’s Guide to Living with Heart Disease“, an author questionnaire arrived from my publisher’s marketing staff at Johns Hopkins University Press, including this request: “Sometimes a conversation is the best way to introduce a book/author. Please answer the following questions:”

♥ Q: What were some of the most surprising things you learned while writing/researching this book?
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