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Uplift: Secrets from the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors

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From the New York Times bestselling creator comes this newly revised compilation of practical advice and upbeat anecdotes from more than 300 breast cancer survivors—as well as their families and friends.

Barbara Delinsky’s 1998 bestseller, COAST ROAD, featured a heroine who was a breast cancer survivor. To this day, it is the book that generates more mail than any of her others. That fact, combined with Barbara’s ongoing commitment to breast cancer research, led her to her first book of nonfiction. Not a medical book — there is not any discussion of the pros and cons of a particular remedy or hospital or doctor — UPLIFT is slightly a collection of hundreds of pieces of practical and inspiring tidbits collected from survivors and their on everything from what kind of deodorant to use throughout radiation remedy to the best kinds of exercise aftloved ones. Think of it as “The Girlfriends’ Guide” to breast cancer, with hints on everything from what kind of deodorant to use throughout radiation remedy to the best kinds of exercise after a mastectomy to how to tell the person you’re most afraid to tell that you have cancer.

And as timeless as ever, this newly revised edition of UPLIFT contains the latest and most up to date medical information, as well as new stories from inspiring cancer survivors.
A book as uplifting as the disease it discusses is tragic, Uplift is an inspiring collection of voices of breast cancer survivors. Barbara Delinsky, creator of The Woman Next Door and other novels, and herself a survivor of breast cancer, presents inspirational snippets from more than 300 women sharing breast cancer tips and experiences. Reading this book is like listening to the friendly hubbub of a crowd of women all offering advice and comments. They share practical tips about comfortable clothing after mastectomy, treatments for radiation burns, nausea remedies, wigs, advice for friends, and more. They share stories of supportive husbands, boyfriends, and members of the family who continue to love them. “I can love you till the day I die, whether you have one breast or none,” says one husband. “Breasts don’t laugh, smile, share brilliance, or give kindness,” says another man. Every experience is positive and supportive, but not gushy. The humor chapter will make you laugh aloud.

Delinsky envisioned this book as “the toughen group that I had never joined but could have used, the one that offered the entire practical little secrets of survival that have nothing to do with doctors, machines, or drugs and everything to do with women helping women.” She succeeds. (Delinsky is donating all her earnings on this book to breast cancer research.) –Joan Price

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