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Shirley Cheng submitted the following:

I am looking for articles (unbiased, factual), personal experience stories, case studies, from medical personnel (doctors, psychologists, etc.), lawyers, reporters, journalists, writers, parents, survivors (children), and anyone who has involved in this issue or has written about this issue, about the injustice system that strips the rights from parents and that takes the child away from their parents over medical disputes.

I am especially interested in the cases of Abraham Cherrix (Virginia, 2006), Edward and Michele Wernecke concerning their daughter Katie (Texas, 2005), Corissa Mueller (2002), Pam Anderson concerning her son, Anthony Mitchell (2000), Miguel Regino and Adela Martinez concerning their daughter Anamarie Martinez-Regino (New Mexico, 2000), Sherry and Paul Lipscomb (Ohio, 2000), Valerie Emerson (Maine, 1998), and Tina Phifer concerning her daughter Amkia (1997); and I'd also be very interested in any articles anyone has written concerning my own mother Juliet Cheng's custody case in 1990 that made international headlines.

I will need permission to reprint any contribution in my new book and will give full credits to the contributors at the back of the book. No monetary rewards will be given, but every contributor will receive a free copy of the book and can buy the books at a discount.

Please e-mail me via http://www.shirleycheng.com before submitting anything.

Shirley's two latest books are DARING QUESTS OF MYSTICS and THE REVELATION OF A STAR'S ENDLESS SHINE: A Young Woman's Autobiography of a 20-Year Tale of Trials and Tribulations, both published by Lulu Press in 2005. She also co-authored with highly acclaimed experts like Dr. Wayne Dyer, Tony Robbins, and Brian Tracy, WAKE UP...Live the Life You Love: Finding Your Life's Passion, Second Edition (2007), and 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life, Volume 2 (Self Improvement Online Inc. 2006), along with leading experts Jack Canfield, John Gray, Richard Carlson, Alan Cohen, Bob Proctor, et al.


Women and Work seeks honest and creative narrative accounts of how women define work, considering the nature of work and how women think, feel, and make sense of work in their lives. Submit a one-page prospectus and short bio to Melanie Springer Mock at mmock@georgefox.edu.