Finding Maslow is being released in recognition of those affected by Super Storm Sandy

NEW YORK - Oct. 9, 2015 - PRLog -- “Finding Maslow” is a novel set during the time of Hurricane Sandy, primarily in Far Rockaway and Long Beach, New York.  Although the setting of the book and the details of Hurricane Sandy are factual, this is also a story, a story about people from various walks of life who struggle to overcome numerous challenges, both those that arise from the storm as well as those that exist within.

The book takes the reader from a Rockaway Peninsula hospital in disaster-mode to glittering Manhattan, from decimated neighborhoods in New York to earthquake-ravaged Mexico City.  “Finding Maslow” is a story about lost individuals, struggling to find hope, love, and meaning in the midst of tragedy.

About the Author:  Susan Lee Walberg was born and raised in Seattle, Washington.  She has a Bachelor’s of Arts in Psychology from the University of Washington, a Master’s in Public Administration from Seattle University, and a Juris Doctorate from Seattle University School of Law.  She worked as a health care attorney in Seattle before moving to Maryland in 2007.  Ms. Walberg now lives in Laurel, Maryland, and works as a healthcare consultant.  One of her jobs as a consultant led her to work for over a year at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, New York, which was the inspiration for “Finding Maslow”.  Ms. Walberg’s job at that hospital was completed just days before Hurricane Sandy hit the area where she had lived and worked.

About St. John’s Episcopal Hospital

St. John's Episcopal Hospital, the cornerstone of Episcopal Health Services Inc., is the only full-service acute care hospital in the Rockaways. Celebrating 110 years of community care in 2015, the 257-bed facility provides people of all faiths with comprehensive preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services, regardless of ability to pay. Key programs serving the Rockaways, southern Queens County and southwestern Nassau County include an Emergency Department with 45,000 patient visits annually, a growing minimally invasive surgery program, obstetrics and gynecology, imaging, behavioral health, pediatrics, wound care and dialysis.

St. John's Episcopal Hospital is fully accredited by The Joint Commission and is a teaching affiliate of SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. The hospital is also a New York State Designated Stroke Center, a recipient of the Gold-Plus Get with the Guidelines®-Stroke Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association, and is a certified emergency heart care station. St. John's Episcopal Hospital is also designated as a 911/Level II trauma receiving hospital by the New York City Department of Health.

Mission Statement

The mission of Episcopal Health Services Inc. of the Diocese of Long Island is to provide quality health care with an emphasis on patient safety through its hospital and ambulatory care facilities and continuing graduate medical education, recognizing the emerging life-care needs of the communities we serve.

The mission is overseen by the Bishop of Long Island and guided by the teachings and traditions of the Episcopal Church. An essential element of this ministry is pastoral care provided by a chaplaincy program sensitive to the faiths and traditions of those served.

Learn more at www.ehs.org.

Contact Information:

Director of Marketing & External Relations
Thomas Thomson
718 869 7750
tthomson@ehs.org