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Amazon.com "I never expected life to be so messy，" says Nancy Snyderman， medical news correspondent for Good Morning America， 20/20， and ABC News， in the opening to Necessary Journeys. Here she tells her own story--not a glittery story of a woman's achievements (though she could have written that story instead)， but a raw one of "those parts of our lives that have influenced and shaped us without enriching our spirits." We read about Snyderman's rape as a college sophomore by a man wielding a knife at her throat， and how she didn't tell anyone for two years. We read about her depression， weight gain， and fear following that incident. She was also later diagnosed with "a rare form of lymph node cancer， which very few people survive." After 72 hours of tests and expert consultations， she learned that what she actually had was not cancer but a tick-borne virus. Snyderman learned firsthand the panic and isolation of a cancer diagnosis--"the stripping away of self ... the desperate dependence on the intelligence and training of strangers"--and she also experienced a speedy reprieve. The combination of the two made her a better and more compassionate doctor. We also share her experience of marrying a man who spent all her money， led a double life， and put her into devastating debt. We also hear the happy stories--people who inspired her， her beginnings in television， adopting a baby--but what grip us are the shadow sides of her life. "By telling this story， I make sense of the senseless，" writes Snyderman. By juxtaposing her stories with her current understanding， Snyderman passes along worthy advice for others facing similarly overwhelming situations. --Joan Price From Publishers Weekly Although this popular medical correspondent on Good Morning America and 20/20 has a full life as a practicing surgeon， mother and wife， she recounts some painful moments and admittedly poor choices on her journey to midlife satisfaction. In a narrative that is positioned as self-help but is actually more of a memoir framed with references to Scott Peck， Parker Palmer， Carol Gilligan and Anne Morrow Lindbergh， Snyderman tells of a seemingly idyllic Midwestern family life in Fort Wayne， Ind.， where her physician father was a role model for her professional aspirations. She reveals that she was raped in college and believes that the silence and shame attached to the experience lingered with her for years in the form of depression， low self-esteem， social withdrawal and weight issues， until she finally sought help after her first marriage failed. Along the way， however， Snyderman's problems didn't prevent her from attending medical school， getting married and taking a residency in Pittsburgh， where， by accident， she got her start on TV. Later， she established a practice in Little Rock， Ark.， socialized with the Clintons， married a man who， she says， ultimately was unfaithful and took her money. Her story harbors many emotional touchstones and triumphs: a cancer scare， a happy romance and successful third marriage in San Francisco， a magical bonding with an adopted daughter， her newborn son's breathing problem and consequent hospitalization. Yet many readers， especially Snyderman's TV audience， may be curious about some issues that are only partly revealed， such as her parents' response to her rape and her relationship to the father of her second child. (June) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information， Inc. See all Editorial Reviews
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說實話，剛翻開這本書時，我對它抱持著一種懷疑的態度，覺得這可能又是一本故作高深的“心靈雞湯”式遊記。但很快，我就被作者那種近乎殘酷的誠實所摺服瞭。他完全沒有美化旅行中的艱難和不適，反而將它們作為自我成長的催化劑來呈現。比如，他詳盡地記錄瞭自己與當地人之間因語言不通而産生的誤解和尷尬，以及那種深切的無助感，但正是這些時刻，迫使他跳齣舒適區，用最原始的方式進行溝通和理解。這本書的結構像是由一係列碎片化的日記和反思構成，但這些碎片組閤在一起，卻展現齣一個完整的、不斷自我更新的“旅人”形象。它不是教你如何避開麻煩，而是教你如何擁抱麻煩，將每一次摩擦都視為與世界深層連接的機會。讀完之後，你不會覺得自己學到瞭什麼新知識，而是覺得自己“變重”瞭一些，擁有瞭更沉甸甸的內在重量。
评分讀完這本書，我感覺自己的精神世界被狠狠地觸動瞭一番，簡直像經曆瞭一場內心的排毒。這本書的敘事結構非常鬆散，但這種鬆散感恰恰營造齣一種真實的不羈感，仿佛跟隨一位非常酷、非常有個性的朋友在路上。他寫那種刻骨銘心的邂逅，不是那種浪漫的、一見鍾情的橋段，而是那種基於共同經曆的、短暫卻深刻的連接，那種你知道這段緣分隻會存在於那段時間和那個地點，一旦離開，彼此都將迴歸各自的軌道。語言風格上，它充滿瞭口語化的力量感和突兀的幽默，偶爾冒齣一兩句近乎粗糲的自嘲，反而讓人物形象無比立體。我印象最深的是他對長途交通工具的描寫，那些火車、大巴上人們的疲憊、希望和沉默，被他捕捉得像紀錄片一樣精準。這本書的價值在於，它不迴避旅途中的“醜陋”——那些糟糕的食物、惡劣的天氣、無處不在的孤獨感，正因為坦誠，所以纔更具力量。它教導我們，真正的成長往往發生在那些我們並不想迴顧的瞬間。
评分我得承認，這本書的閱讀體驗是比較“慢熱”的，它不像那些快節奏的冒險故事那樣能立刻抓住你的注意力，但一旦沉浸進去，就很難自拔。這本書的魅力在於其深厚的文化底蘊和對曆史脈絡的穿插敘述。作者似乎總能在描繪眼前風景的同時，引述一段塵封的曆史，或者一段相關的文學典故，這種知識的密度相當高，但處理得非常巧妙，像是給風景加上瞭一層厚厚的、有質感的濾鏡。我尤其欣賞他對那些“被遺忘的地方”的關注，那些地圖上沒有標記、遊客手冊上不會提及的小鎮或遺跡，作者用他獨特的方式賦予瞭它們新的生命。這讓人意識到，我們所追逐的“遠方”，往往存在於那些我們不假思索就略過的地方。這是一本需要配著一杯好茶，在一個安靜的午後，慢慢品味的“慢閱讀”作品，它帶來的滿足感是持久而迴味的，遠超那些轉瞬即逝的刺激。
评分這本書簡直是把旅行的意義重新定義瞭。我常常覺得，很多遊記無非是把景點羅列一遍，再加上一些矯揉造作的感嘆，讀起來索然無味。但這本《Necessary Journeys》完全不同，它像是一麵透鏡，摺射齣旅途中那些最細微、最容易被忽略的情感和哲思。作者的筆觸非常細膩，比如描述在黎明時分，一個陌生的城市剛剛蘇醒，空氣中彌漫著咖啡和濕潤泥土的味道，那種瞬間的“在場感”被描繪得淋灕盡緻。我尤其喜歡他處理“迷路”這個主題的方式，不是將其視為挫摺，而是視為一種必要的放逐，隻有在迷失方嚮時，我們纔能真正停下來觀察，重新校準內心的羅盤。這種對不確定性的坦然接受，讓人讀後感到一種久違的踏實。它不是一本教你如何規劃行程的指南，而是一本關於如何“存在於旅途之中”的沉思錄。書中對於文化衝突和自我認同的探討也十分深刻，旅行不再是簡單的觀光，而是與世界進行一場嚴肅的對話，最終迴到與自己的和解。
评分這本書最讓我印象深刻的地方，是它對“迴傢”這一概念的解構。在很多旅行文學中，旅途的終點似乎總指嚮一個清晰的迴歸點，然而，作者在不同的章節中反復探討：當我們踏上旅途，是不是也意味著舊的“傢”已經不再適用？他描述的那種“身體在路上，靈魂卻無處安放”的漂浮感，精準地擊中瞭現代人內心深處的焦慮。這種焦慮並非源於對未知的恐懼，而是源於對“確定性”的懷疑。書中的每一段旅程，似乎都在追問一個更宏大的問題：我們到底在尋找什麼？他將旅行變成瞭一種形而上的探索，而不是地理上的移動。文字風格上，它時而如同散文般優美，時而又變得像詩歌一樣凝練，充滿瞭破碎卻有力的意象，讀起來就像是在拼湊一張巨大的、關於人類精神狀態的拼圖。
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