Product Description: Serious illness can be devastating. Imagine what it takes to overcome it - to overcome the devastation to the body, to be robbed of one’s identity, confidence or independence, to face death, to persevere through the horrors required to hold it at bay and, finally, to rebuild a life that will never be the same...read more

Product Description: Cancer will strike one in four Americans. Whether it reaches us as individuals or afflicts a loved one or friend, this book provides a valuable source of information and inspiration. Through their personal reflections, you'll experience the impact cancer brought to the Warders, their friends and family...read more

This is the dramatic story of a family that pulls together in times of crisis. Then the ultimate crisis occurs. Mama, Dorothy Williams, is told she has terminal cancer. She gathers her three adult children to her and said, Well, kids, I've taught you how to live and now I'm going to teach you how to die. This book does just that. First it teaches how to live by giving illustrations of the laughs and turmoils, tears and triumphs that befall the family of Dr. Gene Williams, pastor, evangelist, educator/administrator. Sandee Williams, their firstborn, tells the story with wit and wisdom. Her tales have the ring of truth about them. No plaster saints here. Just real people with whom the reader can readily identify. By the time Dorothy receives her dreaded diagnosis, you feel like part of the family. Thoughts of How could this happen to such godly people? flood your emotions. Then as you read of the three-year process of fighting a courageous campaign battling the inevitable, you also discover the way to face death. You learn that people die the way they live. Dorothy Williams lived her life as a gutsy, determined, classy woman. She died the same way. This is not a maudlin book. There is triumph in the tragedy. It is certainly not a book to be easily forgotten. Anyone who has ever lost a loved one will find this book both cathartic and inspirational. Written with the love and joy and pathos of I Remember Mama by author Kathryn Forbes, Mama, it ain't over 'til the pink marble comes is the type of book you want to share with someone. You learn the significance of the title in the first chapter. The book closes with a photo and a selection of Sandee's Letters to Mama, written after the funeral. None of us, Sandee said in one letter, could have been what we are without you--our 'wind beneath our wings'.

Product Description: In 1975, Laurel Lee is diagnosed with cancer and told by doctors she would die. Her husband, unable to cope, leaves her and three little children to fend for themselves. Contrary to her prognosis, Laurel doesn't die but is propelled into world wide travel, adventure, challenge and sheer determination...read more

"No eyebrows. No eyelashes. When it rains the water will run straight down into my eyes," Catherine Lord wrote before her hair fell out during chemotherapy. Propelled into an involuntary performance piece occasioned by the diagnosis of breast cancer, Lord adopted the online persona of Her Baldness - an irascible, witty, polemical presence who speaks candidly about shame and fear to her listserv audience. While Lord suffers from unwanted isolation and loss of control as her treatment progresses, Her Baldness talks back to the society that stigmatises bald women, not to mention middle-aged lesbians with a life-threatening disease.In this irreverent and moving memoir, Lord draws on the e-mail correspondence of Her Baldness to offer an unconventional look at life with breast cancer and the societal space occupied by the seriously ill. She photographs herself and the rooms in which she negotiates her disease. She details the clash of personalities in support groups, her ambivalence about Western medicine, her struggles to maintain her relationship with her partner, and her bemusement when she is mistaken for a "sir." She uses these experiences - common to the one-in-eight women who will be diagnosed at some point with breast cancer - to illuminate larger issues of gender signifiers, sexuality, and the construction of community.

Product Description: As her husband, David, grew in prominence in public ministry, Gwen Wilkerson found herself waging war with formidable enemies on the home front. Readers who have been inspired by David's bestselling book, The Cross and the Switchblade, will be touched by the inside story Gwen presents-her struggles with depression, the ravages of cancer, and marital strife...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Terry Fox has cancer and he has an artificial leg. He runs across Canada for sick children and he raises $10,000,000. Read about his Marathon of Hope, his pain, and his short life. This is the true story of a strong athlete - and a Canadian hero.

Product Description: A collection of letters by a cancer survivor provides physical, emotional and spiritual support for those struggling with cancer. Her writings soothe, encourage and instruct using scripture, science and common sense.

Collects autobiographical writings by thirty cancer patients who present their feelings about living with cancer and the effects of their diagnosis on friends and families. (view table of contents)

Presents the struggles of major league baseball player Dave Dravecky after being diagnosed with cancer in his pitching arm, and the repercussions thereof as he explains how his faith kept him in the game. (view table of contents)

A woman diagnosed with uterine cancer in 1993 chronicles her fight for survival and spiritual balance, quoting Rumi, Emily Dickinson, William Blake and others along the way to recovery. Reprint.

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A cancer survivor discusses her battle with the disease, how she fought to keep physically and psychologically fit through the chemotherapy, and much more. Original.

Product Description: In Cancer Stories five people share their journeys, their stories, and the suffering they faced before their deaths. These narratives chronicle the despair, hope, and love they experienced while living and dying with cancer, giving the power of the human spirit full voice...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

The artist shares her expertise in mixing colors, composition, and shading techniques (view table of contents)

A book-and-journal set offers an inspirational collection of breast cancer survival tales from famous women, including Nancy Reagan, Julie Harris, and Betty Ford, all of whom fought and won their battles against breast cancer.

Recounts the author's experiences trying to get treatment for her husband's depression after cancer surgery, only to discover that his personality changes are due to brain damage

Product Description: Book by McFarland, John Robert

The autobiography of the late Saturday Night Live comedienne and wife of Gene Wilder chronicles her losing battle with cancer and celebrates her triumphs in the cruel face of disease. Reprint. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Book by Brouwer, Arie