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228 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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From Pulitzer Prize winner Amanda Bennett comes a moving, eye-opening, and beautifully written memoir -- a love story of two unusual people, their complex marriage and deep devotion, and finally, Bennett's quest to save her husband's life--
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In this brilliant and inspiring graphic memoir, Harrison documents through comic illustration and short personal essays what it means to live with breast cancer. She confronts with heartbreaking honesty the crises of identity that cancer brings. She struggles to reconcile her long-term goals with an uncertain future, balancing the innate sadness of cancer with everyday acts of hope and wonder. She also examines those quiet moments of helplessness...
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v, 102 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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Sandra K. Ortiz tells the story of her daughter Sarah. Sarah was diagnosed with leukemia during her second pregnancy. She went on to deliver not only that baby, but another baby as well. No other woman in the world has delivered two children while undergoing chemotherapy and battling cancer. Both babies are now healthy and thriving toddlers. Sarah's story is a testimony to her faith in God, her strength and courage, and her commitment and love...
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xv, 191 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"In this truly inspirational memoir, Anita Moorjani relates how, after fighting cancer for almost four years, her body -- overwhelmed by the malignant cells spreading throughout her system -- began shutting down. As her organs failed, she entered into an extraordinary near-death experience where she realized her inherent worth and the actual cause of her disease. Upon regaining consciousness, Anita found that her condition had improved so rapidly...
15) The middle place
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At 36, Kelly had a good marriage, a couple of kids, and a weekly newspaper column. But she still saw herself as George Corrigan's daughter. A garrulous Irish-American charmer from Baltimore, George was the center of the ebullient, raucous Corrigan clan. Kelly's was a colorful childhood, just the sort a girl could get attached to. She lives deep within what she calls the Middle Place--"that sliver of time when parenthood and childhood overlap"--but...
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318 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Español
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"A Esther Earl le diagnosticaron cáncer de tiroides cuando tenía doce años. Murió en 2010, poco después de cumplir los dieciséis, pero antes inspiró a miles de personas. Estas extraordinarias memorias recogen los diarios, cuentos, cartas y esbozos de Esther. Además, las fotografías y escritos de su familia y amigos ayudan a narrar su historia, un testimonio conmovedor sobre el poder de la vida."--Page 4 of cover.
17) The food cure
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1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Six cancer patients make the decision to turn their backs on conventional medicine and put their faith in an alternative treatment based on food. Some dialogue is in French and German.
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"When Jennifer Hayden was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 43, she realized that her tits told a story. Across a lifetime, they'd held so many meanings: hope and fear, pride and embarrassment, life and death. And then they were gone. Now, their story has become a way of understanding her story: a journey from the innocence of youth to the chaos of adulthood, through her mother's mastectomy, her father's mistress, her husband's music, and...
20) Love, Gilda
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1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Never-before-seen footage and journal entries form the narrative spine of the documentary, allowing Gilda Radner to tell her own story; through the laughter and sometimes the tears. Incredibly, she was able to find humor in even the darkest of times. Her spirit lives on in comedy as a female trailblazer who continues to inspire many present day comedic performers.
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