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Summary: Disease and a positive outlook
Comment: Karen Duffy writes about her affliction with a somewhat uncommon disease in a biographical tale that combines a story about her interesting life with a story about her life dealing with the trials and tribulations of sarcoidosis,a chronic inflammatory disease that affects many different parts of the body.Her wonderful sense of humor and upbeat attitude make this book most entertaining as well as inspiring.
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Summary: I couldn't make myself finish it!
Comment: Duffy's storytelling is full of name dropping and "my life is so cool" immaturity that I couldn't make myself read more than a couple of chapters, and that was more painful than my sarcoidosis. This book is awful!
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Summary: Rachel Ray 30 or DUFF?! No contest!
Comment: After spending way too much time contemplating which RR tome to add to my collection I stumbled upon an episode of Party Planning with Dave Tuterra (sp?) and instantly decided to get Karen's new book instead. LOVE IT!
I am about 35 years old and I grew up thinking Karen Duffy was ABSOLUTELY the hottest and coolest VJ/ model on the planet! I wanted to live her life, have her job, and sleep with her boyfriends! If anyone could convince me to "play for the other team" it would have been her. My girlfriends and I even used her moto- "We're getting married in May- may the day never come!"
I actually cried when I heard about her illness which was regarded as terminal at the time. I read Model Patient- her book about her struggle with CNS Sarcoidosis and was amazed that the icon of party, rock and roll and pop culture could be such a strong and resilient person underneath.
Now, like the rest of us she has traded in the club scene and coctails for marriage and motherhood.
Her new book 'Slob in the Kitchen" is not for the refined foodie that wants to spend hours preparing a jaw dropping meal, but for people that need to make dinner. Preferably one that the kids will eat. Highly recommend!
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Summary: Not Homer Simpson's kind of Duff.
Comment: Everyone wants to be a star, but no one wants to literally crystalize internally from sarcoidosis. That is the life, onscreen and off, of Karen "Duff" Duffy.For the unbaptised, if Match Game were still around, Karen Duffy is the kind of all-around celeb that would be the next Brett Somers - Wiseacre, Girl Friday, Broad-in-the-making. She also meets the pain of a chronic disease with a glee that most people could not summon.
While a little of the "Duff" persona goes a long way, the sincerity of "Karen" is good medicine, page by happy spoonful. --Laurel825
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Summary: Model Patient : My Life As an Incurable Wise-Ass
Comment: Full of self-absorption & name-dropping - could not make myself read the entire book. I bought it as inspiration for my mother who has Sarcoidosis & ended giving the book to Goodwill instead.
