title: The Breast Cancer Book of Strength & Courage: Inspiring Stories to See You Through Your Journey
author: Ernie Bodai M.D.
description: Breast cancer surgeon and force behind the Breast Cancer Research stamp (which raised some $30 million for the cause), Bodai teams up with freelance writer Panneton to offer uplifting tales of women who faced mastectomies, radiation and chemotherapy with courage, humor and grace. Personal essays and reminiscences run the gamut from funny to wise to heart-breaking: Leslie Mouton broadcasts the news sans wig to show there's nothing shameful in hair loss; Laura Jensen Walker laughs about the "original slim-fast chemo diet"; Justine McCollum muses about how breast cancer can be looked at as a gift of higher understanding. All the testimonials within urge a profound love for life and family, and seek to reach out to other women facing their own battles with cancer: these stories, Bodai writes, should function as "valued friends who have been there before you and are now extending a hand to help you through your own experience." <br />Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  #  THE CURSE OF THE SEVENTH SWORD
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  BOOK ONE: THE GAUNTLET OF FEONA
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  KELECHI E. AGU
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #  COPYRIGHT
  
  
  Copyright © 2016 Kelechi E. Agu  
  All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof  
  may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express
  written permission of the publisher  
  except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.
  
  
  Published in the United States of America
  
  
  Second Edition
  
  
  ASIN B00J7SG8F2
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #  DEDICATION
  
  
  As I write this dedication, a few faces come to mind… A few voices with words
  of encouragement and belief.
  
  
  My late grandmother, whose courageous battle with breast cancer taught me the
  lesson of being strong in the face of adversity, of being brave enough to
  smile in the face of absolute despair and of being compassionate enough to
  help others, even when faced with helplessness yourself.
  
  
  My late uncle