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Thorndike Press large print nonfiction seriesFeder, Tyler
Summary: "Tyler Feder shares her story of her mother's first oncology appointment to facing reality as a motherless daughter in this frank and refreshingly funny graphic memoir"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 362.17 FEDBrown, Jenny
Summary: Traces how the author lost a leg to bone cancer in childhood before connecting with farm animals and questioning her Southern Baptist upbringing to expose what she has learned about slaughterhouse abuses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROWN, JENNY BROHenigson, Jeff
Summary: "A memoir about Jeff Henigson's teen Starlight Children's Foundation wish after being diagnosed with brain cancer: to meet Mikhail Gorbachev and plea for nuclear disarmament and world peace"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 HENSummary: Follows ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber as she travels the U.S. making the case for a link between environmental toxins and cancer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LIVWheeler, Dan
Summary: " Beth and Dan Wheeler had it all. Their growing family consisted of two beautiful daughters, a loving son-in-law, and a handsome grandson. They lived in their dream house on a beautiful, sprawling property. Dan was enjoying a thriving career as a popular television host on QVC. Suddenly in 2012, their world was rocked when Beth was diagnosed with stage IV cancer." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: WestBow Press, a division of Thomas Nelson & Zondervan 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WHESchwalbe, Will.
Summary: Recounts how the author and his mother read and discussed books during her chemotherapy treatments, describing how the activity involved a wide range of literary genres, furthered their appreciation for literature and strengthened their bond.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 616.994 SCHSummary: The amazing story of Joey and Rory Feek. Intimately filmed by the couple over a course of two and a half years. This documentary follows this beautiful couple through the birth of their daughter, and even shows Joey's struggle and ultimate surrender to cancer. However, they never lose hope. A love story for the ages.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TODern, Laura
Summary: "Award-winning actresses and mother-daughter duo Laura Dern and Diane Ladd are the kind of women who draw strength from their lifelong friendships with other women, and most of all, from each other. Ever since Laura was born, the two have leaned on each other through the trials of everyday life and the tribulations that come with even the most storied Hollywood careers. They were always close,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DERBishop, Bryan
Contents: Breaking bald, or: a not-so-mini biography -- Making ADHD pay, or: how I turned a disorder into a career -- Falling in love, or: "will you stop talking please? I'm trying to kiss you" -- Signs of trouble, or: "Christie, I'm sick" -- Diagnosis, or: "whatever you do, don't google 'low-grade glioma'" -- The worst phone call of my life, or: "Mom and dad? I have some bad news" -- Telling Adam, or...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BISHOP, BRYAN BISMoon, Ben
Summary: "Denali is the story of the friendship between the author, Ben Moon, and his dog, Denali, as they traveled the American west, and of how Denali supported the author as he battled cancer, and how the author dealt with the cancer illness and death of his dog"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOON, BEN MOOArmstrong, Lance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2003
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP 921 ArmstrongArmstrong, Lance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.62 ARMEdwards, Elizabeth
Summary: "She's one of the most beloved political figures in the country, and on the surface, seems to have led a charmed life. In many ways, she has. Beautiful family. Thriving career. Supportive friendship. Loving marriage. But she's no stranger to adversity. Many know of the strength she had shown after her son, Wade, was killed in a freak car accident when he was only sixteen years old. She would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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Summary: "A co-written project by Irvin and Marilyn Yalom, which describes their heartbreaking journey as a couple married 65 years facing the end of their long partnership. A longtime teacher and therapist on the subject of death anxiety, Dr. Yalom now confrontsthe loss of his wife and his own mortality. This book will offer wisdom from one of the foremost existential psychiatrists and illuminate the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Redwood Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 YALHenner, Marilu
Summary: Marilu Henner was moving on with her life after a divorce when her old college classmate Michael Brown, whom she had not seen in over twenty years, called her out of nowhere. Within days of their reconnecting in 2003, they became inseparable. But only months later, Michael was diagnosed with bladder cancer, and then lung cancer. Marilu refused to lose the love of her life so easily. With the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.994 HENPickert, Kate
Summary: Kate Pickert worked as a health-care journalist and knew medical treatment well, but it all changed when she was diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer at age 35. Pickert used her journalistic skills to identify the cultural, scientific, and historical forces shaping the lives of breast-cancer patients in the modern age.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.99 PICDrescher, Fran.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 DREEngelberg, Miriam
Summary: "A cartoonist examines her experience with breast cancer in an irreverent and humorous graphic memoir"--from p. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.994 ENGKalanithi, Paul
Summary: At the age of 36, on the verge of a completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi's health began to falter. He started losing weight and was wracked by waves of excruciating back pain. A CT scan confirmed what Paul, deep down, had suspected: he had stage four lung cancer, widely disseminated. One day, he was a doctor making a living treating the dying, and the next,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 KALCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 KALANITHI, PAUL KALSchwalbe, Will.
Summary: Recounts how the author and his mother read and discussed books during her chemotherapy treatments, describing how the activity involved a wide range of literary genres, furthered their appreciation for literature, and strengthened their bond.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.994 SCHCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.994 SCHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B SCHWALBE SCHKorda, Michael
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.994 KORMenasche, David.
Summary: "Based on a beloved teacher's most popular lesson, a bold, inspirational story of learning, love, and legacy that challenges us to ask: What truly matters in life?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 371.1 MENFeek, Rory Lee
Summary: Singer Joey Martin and her songwriter husband Rory Feek were enjoying a steadily growing fan base in country music and a baby daughter when Joey was diagnosed with a rapidly spreading cancer. Rory blogged about the final months of Joey's life. In this memoir, Rory takes us for the first time into his own challenging life story and what it was like growing up in rural America with little money...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FEEK, RORY FEEBrantley-Sieders, Dana
Summary: "Provides accessible science and health information for the love of your boobs, especially when they have cancer. Dana Brantley-Seiders spent twenty years working as a biomedical breast cancer researcher. Then, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She thought she knew breast cancer before it whacked her upside her left boob and left her bleeding on the curb of uncertainty. Turns out, she had a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2022