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"In 2016, Rob Delaney’s one-year-old son, Henry, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The family had moved from Los Angeles to London with their two young boys when Rob’s wife was pregnant with Henry, their third. The move was an adventure that would bind them even more tightly together as they navigated the novelty of London, the culture clashes, and the funhouse experience of Rob’s fame—thanks to his role as co-creator and co-star of the hit...
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A dying man plays matchmaker for his soon-to-be widow in this wry, evocative novel perfect for fans of P.S. I Love You.
"Promise me you will laugh every day. Fight every day. Do you know how beautiful you look when you're angry? Promise me you'll learn to cuss, learn to love again. Live again. Promise me you won't give up on each other."
Simi Desai is thirty years-old, and her husband is dying of cancer. He has two last wishes in his final months:...
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Spanish Pubs Llc
Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
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"Este libro ofrece una innovadora mirada al papel del agua en los organismos vivos y nos acerca a la respuesta al enigma de la etiología, la terapia y el tratamiento del cáncer. En 1971 el presidente Nixon «declaró» la guerra al cáncer. Inicialmente, la investigación se centró en la genética. Cincuenta años después los diagnósticos siguen al alza y las opciones de tratamiento siguen siendo prácticamente las mismas: cirugía, radiación...
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St Martins Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"When Henry Scowcroft's fiancée Zarah was diagnosed with stage 4 bladder cancer in 2016, their world fell apart. An award-winning science writer for Cancer Research UK, Henry had spent 14 years at the coal-face of cancer research, but now the disease had infiltrated his personal life too. In Cross Everything--his first book--Henry uses this unique perspective to tell the story of Zarah's illness, how he tried in vain to use everything he'd learnt...
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Small Press United
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"The follow up memoir to the bestselling FRONTAL MATTER: GLUE GONE WILD. The reader continues on the cancer treatment and recovery journey with Suzanne Samples. Her honesty, candidness and humor enables the reader to turn each page with empathy and hope."--Amazon.com.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Award-winning actresses and mother-daughter duo Laura Dern and Diane Ladd are the kind of women who draw strength from their lifelong friendships with other women, and most of all, from each other. Ever since Laura was born, the two have leaned on each other through the trials of everyday life and the tribulations that come with even the most storied Hollywood careers. They were always close, but when Diane developed a sudden illness, their relationship...
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2022.
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English
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The masterful story of a lifelong friendship between two very different women with shared histories and buried secrets, tested in the twilight of their lives, set across the arc of the 20th century. Celebrated children's book author Agnes Lee is determined to secure her legacy--to complete what she knows will be the final volume of her pseudonymously written Franklin Square novels; and even more consuming, to permanently protect the peninsula of majestic...
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"Maddy is sixteen. She has loyal friends, a mother with whom she's unusually close, a father she's never met, devoted grandparents, and a crush on a boy named Jack. Maddy also has cancer. Deeply curious, wry, and vivacious, she's poised at the outset of adulthood, ready to untangle all the mysteries that living holds--if she survives her teens"--
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Open Letter
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Open Letter edition.
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English
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"In exile from his home country of Peru, Ricardo Funes embodies the ultimate starving artist. Fired from almost every job he's held--usually for paying more attention to literature than work--he sets himself up in a rundown shack where he works on writing stories to enter in regional contests across Spain, and foisting his judgements about literature on anyone who will listen as one of the last remaining members of the negacionismo poetry movement....
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Hay House, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
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First edition.
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English
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Using an accessible, case-history approach, they explore the different types of cancer, the causes of cancer, how proper nutrition can help prevent and treat cancer, the most well-studied supplement to use with cancer treatment, cutting-edge therapies (such as intravenous high dose vitamin C and other studied therapies), and natural solutions to common problems (such as the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation).
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Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"Loved Ones With Cancer covers the basics of cancer, what people with cancer might experience, loving someone with cancer, and showing love for others and yourself. Loved Ones With explores what it's like to watch loved ones go through unique and often difficult circumstances. Written in kid-friendly language, this social-emotional learning series supports readers' empathetic understanding of these experiences not only for their loved ones, but also...
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Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"Diagnosed with fatal brain cancer, the treatment that follows renders the writer of this extraordinary memoir unable to recognise words. This is the inspiring story he can no longer read. With a foreword by Russell Brand. When film producer Martino Sclavi began experiencing intense headaches, he attributed them to his frenetic lifestyle. As it turned out, he had grade 4 brain cancer and was given 18 months to live. After undergoing brain surgery...
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Simon Element
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Simon Element trade paperback edition.
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English
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"A life-saving and empowering guide to understanding breast cancer detection, prevention, and treatment options, from two top doctors in the field--Rachel Brem, a breast radiologist, and Christy Teal, a breast surgeon--who have also made the personal decisions to have mastectomies"--
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Publisher
The Experiment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Weaving together her personal story with her team?s groundbreaking research on the BRCA gene?responsible for not only breast cancer but also for many other inherited cancers affecting both women and men?Twisting Fate is an inspiring guide to living with BRCA mutations. With authority, insight, and compassion, Dr. Munster uses her voice to create a safe space for genuine healing and honesty in a world otherwise dominated by fear."--Amazon.com.
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Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"Flat is Guthrie's story of how two bouts of breast cancer shook her faith in her body, her relationship, and medicine. Along the way, she challenges the view that breasts are essential to femininity and paramount to a woman's happiness. Ultimately, she traces an intimate portrayal of how cancer reshapes her relationship with Mary, her partner, revealing-in the midst of crisis-a love story."--Amazon.com.
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