Teri,
Take a look at the book reviews below -
Thanks for the Mammogram! by Laura Jensen Walker
More than eight years ago, Laura Jensen Walker was diagnosed with breast cancer. But thanks to early detection, her faith, and laughter, she's now a survivor who shares healthy doses of hope, humor, and in sights. With such chapters as "Beauty and the Breast" and "How to Lose Thirty Pounds in Thirty Days: The Chemo Diet Way," and anecdotes of show-tune adaptations ("Bye, Bye, Booby!"), Walker openly confronts the fears and stigma of breast cancer, and shares encouragement and information for anyone who is or was a victim.
My Breast - by Joyce Wadler
This surprisingly upbeat, witty and informative account by former Washington Post New York bureau chief Walder is about her breast cancer: the excision of a cancerous breast tumor and nodes; radiation and chemotherapy--described through an objective journalist's research and with an acute eye for detail; and a candidly personal narrative of how the terrifying experience affected her emotionally and spiritually. Walder's story also includes rueful and funny tales of her post-cancer love life. As she reported in a shorter, April 1992 New York magazine version of the story, although the cancer has not recurred, the "dress rehearsal of her mortality" and the "battle scar over her heart" have heightened her appreciation of life.
Lynn
