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I Want To Grow Hair, I Want To Grow Up, I Want to Go To Boise: Children Surviving Cancer

Author: Erma Bombeck
Special Recommendation from: Carolyn
Inspirational

A wonderful, uplifting, inspiring book that showcases children from Camp Sunrise in Arizona, a camp for children with cancer. It covers everything from the "why me?" and "am I going to die?" to how siblings and parents deal with a child's cancer, to a doctor at the camp who is also a survivor himself. There are passages that show the inner spirit and vitality of the children who are sick, and how humor is an integral part of the cancer experience, even though it doesn't soundlike it would be.
Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal

Author: Rachel Naomi Remen
Special Recommendation from: Karen
Inspirational
ISBN  1573226106 ppr

A book which will open your heart and mind to the wonders and mysteries of life and death, and bring healing to your soul. Dr. Remen takes her rich experience as a doctor from a family of doctors, a cancer patient counselor, and a survivor of a chronic illness for over 40 years, invites you to share a cup of tea at her table, and keeps you spell-bound with her stories. And they are like no others. Many cancer survivors who have struggled... read full review
The Velveteen Rabbit

Author: Margery Williams
Inspirational
ISBN  Any bookstore

Loving, healing philosophy from an end-stage stuffed animal!
Women's Cancer Group, Songs of Strength: Sixteen Women Talk about Cancer

Special Recommendation from: Joana
Inspirational
ISBN  0732908841

Personal accounts of all phases survivorship by a group of Australian women representing a range of ages, social and cultural backgrounds, as well as different diagnoses, treatments, and outcomes, are shared in this very readable volume. Readers anywhere can learn from their journeys, which also illustrate the features of Australia's national health system as well as the supports and challenges that individual women encountered in the system and in their own lives.

Late Effects Breast Cancer

After Breast Cancer : A Common-Sense Guide to Life After Treatment

Author: Hester Hill Schnipper
Late Effects (Breast Cancer)
ISBN  0553381628

Based on the author's personal experiences as both a breast cancer survivor and oncology social worker, this book covers the myriad physical, emotional, and practical aspects of life as a survivor, and includes many practical tips to support the process.
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