Stuttering Through Life With a Stop in Vietnam

A Journey to Becoming Myself

Charles Sacks, Marilyn Levy

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Gmk Writing and Editing, Inc.
03 June 2024

Memoirs; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Military history; Audiology & otology; Speech & language disorders & therapy

Charles Sacks grew up Jewish in the post-World War II era in Cleveland, Ohio, in a secure middle-class neighborhood. After completing his medical and psychiatric training, he was drafted into the army as a division psychiatrist. While stationed in Vietnam, he learned to deal with the stresses of war on his patients and himself. He earned a bronze star with oak leaf cluster for his service. After the military, he became a unit chief at the Washington VA Hospital and a clinical assistant professor at Georgetown University for twenty years. Once he retired from practicing psychiatry, Sacks became motivated to tell his personal story after having been inspired by President Joseph Biden's public admittance that he, too, is a stutterer. Now Sacks shares his storied life with others to demonstrate how he coped with his challenge and came to be himself. Stuttering Through Life With a Stop in Vietnam is a brutally honest and engaging memoir that will help you see the world through a fresh new lens.

By: Charles Sacks
Foreword by: Marilyn Levy
Imprint: Gmk Writing and Editing, Inc.
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 236g
ISBN: 9798988341765
Pages: 214
Publication Date: 03 June 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charles Sacks, a retired psychiatrist, has two adult children and resides in Chevy Chase, Maryland with his wife, Jane.

Reviews for Stuttering Through Life With a Stop in Vietnam: A Journey to Becoming Myself

"""A compelling memoir of a stutterer who makes his psychiatric career administering the 'talking cure' and, even after a tour of duty in Vietnam, finds a way to transcend this disability."" -Joel Kanter, MSW, LCSW-C, Founding Board Member, New Washington School of Psychiatry ""Toward the end of his thought-provoking book, Charles Sacks writes of having found the courage to speak despite a lifetime spent stuttering. And what he has to say is well worth paying attention to. Drawing on experiences ranging from his time in Vietnam to his decades spent helping patients as a psychiatrist, Sacks writes of the fears we all face in one form or another-the fear of humiliation, of loneliness, and even death. And he shows us-through his life and his reflections-ways to cope, persevere and thrive. Peppered with observations ranging from authors Gabriel Garcia Marquez to Martin Buber, Sacks' story is an inspiring and illuminating read for our fraught times."" -Rich Miller, Senior Correspondent, Bloomberg News"