Tag Archive: cancer memoir

Cancer memoir in six words

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I love the challenge Renn has put to us over at her Big C and Me blog: Can you condense your cancer experience into just six words? Renn has risen to the challenge… Continue reading

Healing with Words

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I have just finished reading Diana Raab’s marvellous book Healing with Words.  The inspiration to write this book came from the author’s having been diagnosed with two cancers in five years. Her diagnosis and surgery in… Continue reading

The Sky Begins at Your Feet

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The Sky Begins At Your Feet: A Memoir on Cancer, Community and Coming Home to the Body, is the title of a recently published book by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, poet laureate of Kansas. Caryn,… Continue reading

Pretty is what changes

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I came across this in a bookstore when in the US last month. The title “Pretty Is What Changes” attracted me initially. The title comes from Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday In The Park With George, “Pretty isn’t… Continue reading