I noticed that this book is now listed as
available on amazon even though the official
release date is listed as 27 July.

I also noticed that the price for this is over
$50. I usually wait until closer to the release
date before I do a pre-order, and of course,
with the earlier than official release, the
price went up ~$5.

Two questions for the group.

1) Anyone know why this ~500 page book should
be priced so high? I see the list price is $75.
Gold plating (or platinum) maybe?

2) Has anyone bit the bullet so to speak and
bought it in spite of the price? If so, what
do you think of it? Was it worth the price?

I had thought to get the book, but its price
is daunting whilst dealing with necessities.

Okay, a third question:

Until recently, I knew little about homeopathic medicine, but what
little I did know led me to be rather skeptical. I have been given
reason to discard that skepticism.

I have an older sister (only sibling) who is 61. She has had a
connective tissue problem for decades that causes pain and weakness in
her joints. It has gotten worse over time, and several years ago she
gave up her career as a hospital floor nurse for a less stressful job
at a clinic. About a year ago, even this proved too much, and she quit
work, apparently for the rest of her life.

Traditional medicine was the next best thing to useless. Doctors ran
every test you could possibly imagine, along with some you probably
could not. Nothing showed up. She was even evaluated by a psychologist
for the possibility that it might be psychosomatic. All the doctors
could do was load her up with painkillers to partially mask the
symptoms, and I think the emphasis was on partially. At one time she
told me that she knew she was destroying her liver with medication,
but she didn't see any other option.