B.O.O.B.S.

A Bunch of Outrageous Breast-cancer Survivors Tell Their Stories of Courage, Hope, & Healing

Author: Ann Kempner Fisher
ISBN: 9781581823851

B.O.O.B.S. (A Bunch Of Outrageous Breast-Cancer Survivors) is a collection of personal stories by ten courageous women about how they are living with breast cancer, not dying from it. Written with humor, insight, raw emotion, and honesty, each story details one woman's personal experience -- from the shocking diagnosis to surgery and beyond -- and the effect breast cancer has had on her and the people in her life -- husband or lover, family, and friends. These women are a new breed of cancer survivors. Resourceful and proactive, many of them challenged current medical practices or combined alternative treatments with conventional ones. Brought together by The Wellness Center, a program devoted to providing cost-free psychological support to cancer patients and their loved ones, the contributors all believe strongly in the healing power of group therapy and peer sharing. In fact, several of them have become patient advocates and spokeswomen in a quest to make a difference in the lives o

Publisher: Cumberland House
Publish Date: 2004-01-01

Subjects: Health & Fitness / Women's Health, Health & Fitness / Diseases / Cancer, Social Science / Women's Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Breast Cancer)