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1) Lightning
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
At forty, Alexandra Parker has a beautiful three-year-old daughter, a loving husband, and a successful legal career, when her world is shattered by the news she has breast cancer.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
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Language
English
Description
"The Middle Place is about calling home. Instinctively. Even when all the paperwork — a marriage license, a notarized deed, two birth certificates, and seven years of tax returns — clearly indicates you're an adult, but all the same, there you are, clutching the phone and thanking God that you're still somebody's daughter."
For Kelly Corrigan, family is everything.
At thirty-six, she had a marriage that worked, a couple of funny,...
For Kelly Corrigan, family is everything.
At thirty-six, she had a marriage that worked, a couple of funny,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Provides accessible science and health information for the love of your boobs, especially when they have cancer. Dana Brantley-Seiders spent twenty years working as a biomedical breast cancer researcher. Then, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She thought she knew breast cancer before it whacked her upside her left boob and left her bleeding on the curb of uncertainty. Turns out, she had a lot to learn. This book shares Brantley-Seiders' personal...
5) Pink skies
Publisher
Hannover House
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
An inspirational documentary about the empowerment of women. It's about overcoming obstacles as athletes & as human beings. The film follows Ruth, a breast cancer survivor as she hopes to join an incredible team of nearly 200 women from 31 countries to create a World Record all Women's Skydiving Formation.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
HL 710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighteen-year-old Cayenne learns that her long-dead mother left her and her sister a series of video messages; that their aunt, who raised them, has the same gene mutation that caused their mother's cancer; and that she and her sister may also have it.
7) Seaview Inn
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Series
Language
English
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Description
New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods proves home can be found where you least expect it. Hannah Matthews is undeniably tough--a single mom, a top-tier PR exec, a breast cancer survivor. She prides herself on being go-to Hannah, who can handle any crisis. But with her grandmother balking at going into a retirement home, her daughter unexpectedly pregnant and an old flame suddenly underfoot, Hannah is facing a few crises of her own. And being...
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Features intimate and empowering stories from notable survivors including Sheryl Crow, Christina Applegate, Melissa Etheridge, Olivia Newton-John and Jaclyn Smith. Also features America's top doctors and wellness experts-Deepak Chopra, Dr. Marisa C. Weiss (founder of breastcancer.org), Dr. Susan Love, Dr. Harvey Karp, and Dr. Dean Ornish.
Publisher
Distributed by Questar
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Amber and Betty couldn't be more different. Amber is Little Miss Sunny Disposition, and Betty is as curmudgeonly as they get. But this unlikely pair get as close as two peas in a pod battling cancer at the same time. They'll help each other cope with everything from illness to sorting out their messy love lives.
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
The founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure shares the inspirational story of her late sister's battle with breast cancer and the author's contributions to establishing one of the world's most influential health advocacy organizations.
12) Before I go
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"A heartfelt novel in the bestselling tradition of P.S. I Love You about a young woman in Georgia with stage four breast cancer who undertakes a mission to find a "replacement wife" for her husband before she passes away" --
13) Survival lessons
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of America's most beloved writers shares her suggestions for finding beauty in the world even during the toughest times.
Author
Publisher
The Guilford Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A cancer diagnosis can lead to what feel like impossible questions: How can a person face the fear, sadness, and anger without being paralyzed by them? Is it possible to hold on to hope without being in denial? What is the best way to get needed support? This compassionate book presents dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a proven psychological intervention that Marsha M. Linehan developed specifically for the impossible situations of life--and which...
15) Always Jack
Author
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Jack's life is pretty good -- he has great friends, everyone loves his funny jokes and he's an awesome inventor. But things are getting complicated. Nanna's older and wobblier, and why does his face turn red when he sees his best friend, Anna? And to top it off, Mum and Rob's wedding seems to be taking over the world. Something really scary has also happened to his mum and it's going to take all of Jack's courage to deal with it"--P. [4] of cover....
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Things are falling apart in the Richardson household. Angry arguments between Celine and her husband, Keith, have become routine. She resents that he's working long hours and staying out all night, and he accuses her of not giving him the attention he deserves. Their marriage is at a cross-roads and Celine worries how her 10-year-old daughter, Kassie, will be affected. But the situation turns devastating when Celine is diagnosed with breast cancer....
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"'Regardless of how much money you have, your race, where you live, what religion you follow, you are going through something. Or you already have or you will. As Momma always said, Everybody's got something.' So begins beloved Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts's new memoir in which she recounts the incredible journey that's been her life so far, and the lessons she's learned along the way. With grace, heart, and humor, she writes about overcoming...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"Built on her wildly popular Modern Love column, 'When a Couch is More Than a Couch' (9/23/2016), a breathtaking memoir of living meaningfully with 'death in the room' by the 38 year old great-great-great granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson, mother to two young boys, wife of 16 years, after her terminal cancer diagnosis"--
"An exquisite memoir about how to live--and love--every day with 'death in the room,' from poet Nina Riggs, mother of two young...
19) The proposal
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Author Theodora Russell realizes that the offer made to her for a book proposal is really meant for fellow writer Theodore Russell, but she is so intrigued with his topic, the link between breast cancer and first-pregnancy abortion, that she decides to do her own research--a choice that has her running for her life.
20) Garden of angels
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Darcy's life undergoes a drastic change when her mother is diagnosed with breast cancer in 1974 and is unable to help Darcy deal with the teenage struggles of starting high school, falling in love, and worrying about the Vietnam War.
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