This book review is reprinted from Volume 16, Winter 2003 edition of Homeopathic Links with permission from Homeopathic Links.

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Impossible Cure
By Amy Lansky, PhD

RL. Ranch Press, Portola Valley, California ISBN 0-9727514-0-8 Paperback 302 pages

Reviewed by Joseph Rozencwajg, New Zealand

I have known Amy for many years through the email lists. Although we never discussed anything personally, I was always amazed by the courage and the determination of this lady to cure her son. And so she did. And here is how she did it.

Amy walks us through her and her son Max' story of discovering his autism, and how with the help of her homeopath he is today a normal child. During that story, she also guides us through the history, the basic principles and the applications of homeopathy. Not the usual chronology and explanations we find in all the other books but as they naturally present themselves as an explanation needed during her journey. Chapter 4: 'What is disease? What is cure?' explains in simple terms the need and the usefulness of symptoms and signs.

Chapter 7: 'Science and scepticism' takes care of the modern research in the field of homeopathy in a way that is understandable by anyone. I really appreciated her references and citations. Whereas in many books big famous names are cited, apart from Hahnemann and Whitmont, Amy has used the experience and stories of colleagues and friends, people we talk to every day, who are our neighbours and our practitioners, people you find in the phone book and who are here for their patients on a daily basis: what a refreshing approach!

I found myself reading that book like a thriller, you know the kind of book you already know who is going to win and what is going to happen, but still you cannot avoid to be engulfed in the story and driven to continue. Granted, no professional homeopath is going to learn anything from the book except how to convey information to patients in a way that is correct, informative and fun. As somebody suggested, each of us should buy three copies: one for us, one to lend to potential patients (hoping it will be returned) and one to offer to the municipal library for reference. There are only a few minor flaws I would like to see corrected: one is when explaining the dilutions, Amy writes about I drop in 100 drops or 1 drop in 10 drops, whereas it should be 1 in 99 or 1 in 9…….Let's remain totally correct, no need to oversimplify.

And as this book is going to be an international best-seller, it would be my suggestion to expand the last chapter that deals with the legal situation and how to find a homeopath to other countries than the USA, even though the websites for that purpose are cited: not everybody has access to the net. This is a book of hope for the public, this is a book of information and of testimony that is going to do more for homeopathy than any political bickering has been able to do until now: a mother talking to other mothers and telling them to go for homeopathy.

What else do we need? Thank you, Amy!