Books are great. For information, escapism and entertainment. For a person with cancer, the top priorities are information, hope and inspiration. But cancer books are extremely numerous, so how do you choose the right ones to read? The choice of books about cancer can be absolutely overwhelming just because there are so many.
I was asked to compile a list for a website called Flashlight Worthy Book Recommendations. These are the books that are absolutely not to be missed, so these cancer books cut through the confusion. They are absolutely the best books I have come across so far in my years spent working in this area. Click to see my list of Books for your Cancer Journey
Coming soon will be the companion list of books for those of you in the Cancer Fallout Zone.
Best Cancer Books
29, January 2010 by Anne Orchard
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Hi Ann,
Can’t wait to see the cancer book list. Always interested in passing things like that along. http://www.surviv…
Thanks Kathleen,
It would be great if you pass the list along, or let me know if there are any others you especially think should be added.
Anne
Love the list of books Anne! You know another book I read, not cancer specific, but as I had to deal with the fallout of knowing that my husband was in the pre-active phase of dying from his diesease.
This one: http://www.amazon.com/Final-Gifts-Understanding-Awareness-Communications/dp/0553561391
Amazing read, and as I come to that section of my journey in my own blog, I think it helped me TONS!
Much love Anne, keep fighting the good fight, we all need you!
Thanks Lisa!
There is so much information now on the internet that I think it can get overwhelming. I may be a bit old-fashioned, but I still find a book more calming. It’s convenient to read anywhere you’re comfortable and you can pick it up in your own time and at your own pace.
Thanks Ann, I am researching cancer books for my second book proposal’s marketing section. When I finish Iwill send the list along. I hope that very soon you can add my book to your list so it may help other women and their families. This is the latest article written about SURVIVING CANCERLAND.
http://www.examiner.com/x-26306-Chicago-SelfAwareness-Examiner~y2010m2d4-Can-spirituality-navigate-cancer-patients-toward-recovery
Hi Ann,
Here are some of the books I researched and found to be useful, and easy to read and understand. I found that many cancer books are written by doctors and so technical that the reader needs to have some medical knowledge to understand them. I used these books as comparitive books for my book proposal. I will send along more as I organize them for book proposal #2. Hopefully within the next couple of weeks. Do you have a dead line? Is this a list you will be putting together each year? Let me know if you have found any metiphysical cancer books.
Mind Over Malignancy: Living with Cancer, by Wayne D. Gersh, Ph.D. (New Harbinger Publications, 1997) This “doctor book” distills years of clinical experiences and studies that show that a parent’s ability to feel actively involved in the treatment process is one of the most crucial aspects of fighting illness.
Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book , by Susan Lovd,M.D., and Karen Lindsey, (1995) The book falls into the first category of “doctor books” and explores the emotions people with cancer and their loved ones experiences.
Alternative Medicine Magazine’s Definitive Guide to Cancer: An Integrated Approach to Prevention, Treatment, and Healing, by Lisa Alschuler MD and Karolyn A. Gazella (Random House, 2007): This comprehensive guide helps patients and caregivers learn about causes and prevention of cancer, evaluate effective alternative treatments; utilize natural therapies involving diet, lifestyle, and nutritional supplements; and achieve deep healing through a mind-body-spirit approach to health.
Cancer- Five Lessons I Didn’t Learn From Breast Cancer (And One Big One I Did) by Shelly Lewis (New American Library, 2008): This first-person narrative is about one woman’s contrarian take on breast cancer where the goal is simply to get through it.
Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy, by Geralyn Lucas (St. Martin’s Press, 2004): This award-winning, best-selling book is an amusing first-person account of a young woman with breast cancer in a beauty-obsessed culture who is trying to find herself while losing her looks.
Thanks for your list! I like learning what others find helpful. My mother died in October (cancer diagnosed 5 years ago). I know many who have died and/or who have cancer of one kind or another. I work with an R.N. and long-time author who helps people learn to heal themselves, including many with cancer (with great success). Two of her eight books I hope you will add to your list…The Joy of Health (her 1st) and Healing Ourself: Growing Beyond the True Cause of Disease (5th). http://www.kathyoddenino.com. These have helped me understand how and why we are both energy and matter as human beings, and why Love (every level) is the healing energy.
I was interested to read this as I have just compiled my own list of best cancer books for Flashlight Worthy. Of course I wasn’t able to include my own two books! However, people interested in getting information should certainly browse my two websites http://www.fightingcancer.com and http://www.cancerfighter.wordpress.com
You can read my selection at
http://www.flashlightworthybooks.com/Books-to-Change-Your-View-of-Cancer/648
Hi Anne, thanks for the list and may i be so cheeky as to suggest my book, Lessons from My Left Testicle. It’s ‘a bit of humour to survive a tumour’. Just put up a website too: http://www.my-left-testicle.com Thanks : )
Hi Ben, suggest away. It looks like an interesting resource and another perspective for those wanting to use humour to alter their outlook. Best wishes with the book, Anne