{"product_id":"9781466855274","title":"If I Get to Five: What Children Can Teach Us About Courage and Character","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon shares the lessons of courage, compassion, and resilience that he's learned from his exceptional young patients\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf I Get to Five\u003c\/i\u003e is a one-of-a-kind book by a one-of-a-kind human being. The medical world knows him as Fred Epstein, M.D., the neurosurgeon who pioneered life-saving procedures for previously inoperable tumors in children. His patients and their families know him simply as Dr. Fred, the \"miracle man\" who has extended them both a healing hand and an open heart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I simply can't accept the idea of kids dying,\" is how Epstein explains his commitment to saving patients. As a child, he had to overcome severe learning disabilities to realize his dream of becoming a doctor. Later, as the world's leading pediatric neurosurgeon, he did whatever it took to rescue children that other doctors had given up on. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpstein credits his young patients as his most important teachers. \"We tend to think of children as fragile, little people,\" he writes. \"To me, they're giants.\" \u003ci\u003eIf I Get to Five\u003c\/i\u003e relates the unforgettable experiences he's shared with children-lessons in courage, compassion, love, and hope-that we can all draw on to overcome adversity at any stage of life. In \u003ci\u003eIf I Get to Five\u003c\/i\u003e, Epstein meditates on these lessons at a time when they parallel his own experiences, as he recovers from a near-fatal head injury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf I Get to Five\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting profile of courage and compassion. No one who reads this remarkable book will ever look at children-or adversity-in the same way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125938405616,"sku":"9781466855274","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466855274_p0.jpg?v=1769891490","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466855274","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}