Collection of ironic essays on medicine and politics in modern Lithuania Gyvenimas be stogoFilomena Taunyt a physician and a writer died yesterday Friday June 28 2013 at the age of 88 So I m leafing through her books again Worth reading those are. I could not say I liked either the author or her books very much Still I must admit the Doctor was a tough lady by no means a fool and never afraid to speak her mind frankly without mincing her words. She knew much about health and illness including illness of society which in many cases is precisely what causes illness in a person While I would never recommend following each and every piece of her advice I do believe many a word of her advice would certainly be of use and help She helped lots of people BTW. Whether one likes her books or not many do I cannot say I really do yet I cannot say I truly don t those are worth reading I repeat Reading the books might throw a new light upon things Besides the author s style and irony although sometimes bitter makes the reading amusing. I suppose a quote would be in order Alergin ms ligoms patinka prabanga geras maistas geri vaistai geri gydytojai bet jos b ga nuo skurdo vargo ir negand Allergies love luxury good food good drugs good doctors but allergies flee from poverty hardship and adversity Which is a fact most tend to overlook Gyvenimas be stogo