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News Releases for January 2004

17 Transplant Recipients Tell Stories in New Book

A new book chronicling the lives of 17 organ transplant recipients from around the United States provides inspirational stories of how people cope with extremely difficult challenges and end up inspiring others.

"New Life: Lessons in Faith and Courage from Transplant Recipients", is a collection of heartwarming and compelling profiles that will encourage not only transplant candidates, recipients, donors, and their families, but anyone who is facing a health problem or any other kind of adversity.

Through uplifting accounts of achievement, readers are left with a sense of admiration for the accomplishments and triumphs of the individuals profiled.

The recipients describe how faith in God, support from family and friends, and the skills of health-care professionals helped them deal with some of life's most serious challenges.

"New Life: Lessons in Faith and Courage from Transplant Recipients" (iUniverse, 2003), was written by Bob Violino. A business and technology journalist for 23 years, Violino received a kidney transplant in 1995. He is editor of a monthly newsletter for organ transplant recipients on Long Island, NY, and has worked to help promote organ donor awareness.

"I recommend this book for all audiences because it explores relationships and describes all that is unsurpassable in human behavior,"says Dr. Khalid Butt, director of transplantation at Westchester Medical Center. "It is particularly recommended for the families of any people who are about to embark upon transplant therapies."

"New Life" is available at www.amazon.com, www.iuniverse.com, and other online booksellers. The book can also be ordered by calling the publisher toll-free at 877-823-9235 or through major booksellers. It is available in paperback ($13.95) and hard cover ($23.95) and can be ordered at bulk discounts.

For more information about the book and author, please visit
http://victorybusiness.net/book, or call 516-799-2041.

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