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Author
Publisher
Random House
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A divinity professor and young mother with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis explores the pain and joy of living without certainty. Thirty-five-year-old Kate Bowler was a professor at the school of divinity at Duke, and had finally had a baby with her childhood sweetheart after years of trying, when she began to feel jabbing pains in her stomach. She lost thirty pounds, chugged antacid, and visited doctors for three months before she was finally diagnosed...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
[ix], 258 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Teresa Rhyne and Seamus the beagle both survived cancer once, so when Seamus develops yet another cancer, Teresa vows to fight again. When she encounters two other dogs who need help, including one rescued from animal testing, turning away seems impossible after everything she's discovered.
64) Survival lessons
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspires readers to find the beauty in everyday life during tough times by re-envisioning everything from relationships to family.
65) Safe haven
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations,...
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
133 p.
Language
English
Description
When Johanna shows up at the beginning of summer to house-sit next door to Finn, he has no idea of the profound effect she will have on his life by the time summer vacation is over.
Author
Publisher
Anansi
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lucky Dog is a hilarious and heartwarming memoir by a renowned veterinary oncologist who tells us what we can learn about health care and ourselves from our most beloved pets. What happens when a veterinary surgical oncologist (laymens term, cancer surgery doctor) thinks she has cancer herself? Enter Sarah Boston, a vet who suspects a suspicious growth in her neck is thyroid cancer. From the moment she uses her husband's portable ultrasound machine...
69) All my life
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on a powerful true story, it follows the journey of a young engaged couple who make the difficult decision to accelerate their wedding in the wake of a devastating discovery. In a race against time, they launch a crowdfunding campaign that spreads the story of their inspiring love far and wide to help create their dream wedding. This year, love like there's no tomorrow.
70) Say good-bye
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 5
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
133 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seeing Jane's dog, Yum-Yum, help cheer up children in a cancer ward makes Zoe think about having her puppy, Sneakers, trained to do therapy, too, especially when Yum-Yum becomes very ill.
Author
Publisher
Playaway Digital Audio
Pub. Date
[2010], 2010
Edition
Texto completo.
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (8 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
EspaƱol
Description
"Para Kelly Corrigan, la familia es todo. Ella Tenia un matrimonio que funcionaba, dos divertidas y activas hijas y una columna semanal en un periodico. Ademas, idolatraba a su padre, un hombre que siempre encontraba lo positivo en todo. Ella existia en el Lugar Intermedio, donde cuidaba a sus ninos, pero su padre todavia la cuidaba. Pero Kelly es arrojada de pronto a la madurez cuando descubre una bolita en su pecho ... y recibe el diagnostico que...
76) Before I go
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
Confronting the final months of her life when her breast cancer aggressively returns, twenty-seven-year-old Daisy endeavors to find her beloved husband another wife, an effort that forces her to make difficult choices.
77) The F-It List
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Alex and Becca have always been best friends. But when Becca does something nearly unforgivable at Alex's dad's funeral, Alex cuts ties with her and focuses on her grieving family. Time passes, and Alex finally decides to forgive Becca. Then she's hit with another shocker: Becca has cancer. It also turns out Becca has a bucket list, one she doesn't know she'll be able to finish now. That's where Alex comes in, along with a mysterious and guarded...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
xix, 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In January 2015, Barbara Lipska, a leading expert on the neuroscience of mental illness, was diagnosed with melanoma that had spread to her brain. Within months, her frontal lobe, the seat of cognition, began shutting down. She descended into madness, exhibiting dementia- and schizophrenia-like symptoms that terrified her family and coworkers. But miraculously, just as her doctors figured out what was happening, the immunotherapy they had prescribed...