Heartstrings and Pink Ribbons: Finding Comfort Until There's a Cure - Tapa blanda

Carwile, Mary Catherine

 
9780979617614: Heartstrings and Pink Ribbons: Finding Comfort Until There's a Cure
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ISBN 10: 0979617618 ISBN 13: 9780979617614
Editorial: Verbena Pond Pub Co Llc, 2007

Sinopsis

Sometimes in the most painful moments, you'll find joy. This book provides hope and comfort to not only breast cancer survivors but to their families and friends. Share the emotion as the author hears, "You have breast cancer." Read her husband's insights in, "She's More Than Her Breasts." Find out why her son felt he needed to write her an apology. Agonize with a young mother who has a life or death decision to make. Laugh with the woman who won, "The Booby Prize," at her Bible study group. Walk along with these breast cancer heroes as you read their stories. Your heart will take flight and soar. The emotions are contagious.

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Acerca del autor

Mary was living alone. She'd recently filed for divorce, graduated her youngest son from high school and was in a struggle to find direction in her life. Sitting in front of her doctor, after having her yearly mammogram, she was told, "You have breast cancer." The news hit her hard. Struggling as a single mother and working professional, Mary reinvented herself after her life-threatening illness. Her confidence and insights today perpetuate contagious strength she never realized she had. Her leaps of faith, when she needed it most, were just what the doctor ordered.Mary has two grown sons, Ross and Cole. Her husband, Ernie, has a grown daughter, Kate. Together they make up the Carwile family. Mary and Ernie live in Denver ins a peaceful setting, near a pond, amind trees, flowers and the sounds of nature all around. If you listen, you'll hear Mary saying "thank you" often.Mary's first book, Heartstrings at 35,000 Feet, was the first plave winner in the inspirational/spiritual category of the national EVVY Book Award, and one of her stories has been published in the New York Times best selling book, "Chicken Soup for the Military wife's Soul."

De la solapa interior

Author Mary Catherine Carwile weaves a story that pulls you in and makes you feel as though you're sitting face to face, sipping tea, visiting with an old friend. In this, her second book, Mary shares with her readers breast cancer stories from survivors--as well as some whose journey has endned. A survivor of nearly eight years herself, Mary shares the highs and lows of her own breast cancer journey. Just as important, there are stories from those closest to her. Her husband, two grown sons and dear friends share how they felt when they were told of Mary's breast cancer. It was only in reading their stories that Mary got a glimpse into the lives of her own family and friends. A college professor shares her intimate diary, a diary written to her precious young son, as she tries to find the words to tell him his mommy hs breast cancaer. A young breast-feeding mother follows her gut feelings and insists her doctor check the lump in her breast, believing it wasn't just a plugged milk gland. Laugh with a survivor as she makes light of her prosthetic breast.The statistics are well known. One in eight women, and a percentage of men, will contact this disease in their lifetimes. If it isn't you, the reader, then it could be your daughter, mother, sister or friend. This book will touch your heart. It will give you courage. It will leave you feeling comforted, knowing you do not walk this path alone.

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Editorial
Verbena Pond Pub Co Llc
Año de publicación
2007
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0979617618
ISBN 13 
9780979617614
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
197
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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