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"For lovers of Meg Wolitzer, Maria Semple, and Jenny Offill comes this raucous, poignant celebration of life, love, and friendship at its imperfect and radiant best. Edith and Ashley have been best friends for over forty-two years. They've shared the mundane and the momentous together: trick or treating and binge drinking; Gilligan's Island reruns and REM concerts; hickeys and heartbreak; surprise Scottish wakes; marriages, infertility, and children....
2) Last wish
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At a time when tempers flare over the Oregon assisted suicide law and Jack Kevorkian's physician-aid-in-dying, Last Wish, Betty Rollin's groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, is due for a rereading. Last Wish is an intimate, fiercely honest memoir of a daughter's struggle to come to terms with her terminally ill mother's decision to die. More than a examination of the ethical, spiritual, and technical aspects of assisted suicide, Last Wish...
3) Positive results: making the best decisions when you're at high risk for breast or ovarian cancer
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This unique and important guidebook is a single, comprehensive source of information and advice to help women (and some men) at high risk for breast and for ovarian cancer because of family history and genetic profile. One part memoir, three parts "how to" manual, Positive Results explains in a clear and steady manner the myths and realities of "the breast cancer genes." It lays out all the options in easy-to-follow, compassionate language. It will...
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Part medical diary, part naturalist's journal, part tribute to a remote mountain community and its 123 residents, February Light is the often humorous account of one woman's journey through a difficult and unexpected cancer diagnosis. This spare and evocative book celebrates our bonds with family, friends, pets, and the changing seasons. At one point, the author claims to be indulging in a little flirtation with death, but, in the end, it is her love...
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A daughter cares for her dying mother in this intimate memoir of ovarian cancer, frank conversations, and finding peace through laughter and gratitude.
In 2006, Jennifer Coken's mother was diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer. She had a slim chance of living another five years, but she chose to spend her remaining days tap dancing through chemotherapy and loving her family and friends ferociously. In this witty and heartfelt memoir, Jennifer...
6) Gain
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Traces the history of America through the rise of the Clare Soap and Chemical Company, which after 170 years of operating in Lacewood, Illinois, finds itself clashing with a woman whose cancer it may have caused.
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Jones & Bartlett Learning
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"Whether you're a newly diagnosed ovarian cancer patient, a survivor, or a friend or relative of either, this book offers help. Completely updated, the new third edition of 100 Questions & Answers About Ovarian Cancer gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options, post-treatment quality of life, sources of support, and much more. Written by a gynecologic oncologist and a gynecologic surgeon, with actual patient...
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Johns Hopkins University Press
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2015.
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Covers detailed information on diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer, including surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation treatment. Information on genetic testing, nutrition, pain control, and dealing with loss are covered also. Personal testimonials are included as well.
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