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English
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"The Middle Place is about calling home. Instinctively. Even when all the paperwork — a marriage license, a notarized deed, two birth certificates, and seven years of tax returns — clearly indicates you're an adult, but all the same, there you are, clutching the phone and thanking God that you're still somebody's daughter."
For Kelly Corrigan, family is everything.
At thirty-six, she had a marriage that worked, a couple of funny,...
For Kelly Corrigan, family is everything.
At thirty-six, she had a marriage that worked, a couple of funny,...
3) Life, on the line: a chef's story of chasing greatness, facing death, and redefining the way we eat
Author
Language
English
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Description
An award-winning chef describes how he lost his sense of taste to cancer, a setback that prompted him to discover alternate cooking methods and create his celebrated progressive cuisine.
Author
Publisher
Deseret Book
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
133 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A rare form of cancer caused the author to lose the sight in one eye in her childhood. Another cancer in her adulthood (the result of radiation from the earlier cancer treatments) left her totally blind. Her journey of the spirit to find holy places in the midst of her hard times is the focus of this book.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Juvenile, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), LLC
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
431 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A memoir told through the journals, letters, and stories of young cancer patient Esther Earl."--
According to author John Green, his fictional work The Fault In Our Stars was inspired by his friendship with Esther Earl, who "redefined the process of dying young for me." (December 2012 Good Reads interview, http://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/828.John_Green). He cautions his readers not to take the novel too literally however, stating that...
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (317 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Features intimate and empowering stories from notable survivors including Sheryl Crow, Christina Applegate, Melissa Etheridge, Olivia Newton-John and Jaclyn Smith. Also features America's top doctors and wellness experts-Deepak Chopra, Dr. Marisa C. Weiss (founder of breastcancer.org), Dr. Susan Love, Dr. Harvey Karp, and Dr. Dean Ornish.
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Publisher
Pantheon
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
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pages cm
Language
English
Description
"The award-winning children's book author confronts a new world when faced with his daughter's illness in this frank, moving, and beautiful memoir. Elisha Cooper spends his mornings writing and illustrating children's books, his afternoons playing with his two daughters. The phrase he hates most is "throw like a girl," so he teaches them to climb trees and play ball. But when he discovers a lump in five-year-old Zoe's midsection as she sits on his...
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