After noticing a small lump on her right breast, the author (a flight attendant for a commercial airline) procrastinates, walking that uncomfortable line between fear and denial until she receives the news she never dreamed she would hear: “You have cancer.”This widely anticipated book is the candid account of the author's emotional and physical struggles in an apparently successful battle with this dreaded disease. Ms. Lowery has a natural gift for expressing clearly what she went through (and still goes through!) both emotionally and medically, and describes the unavoidable guilt and devastation associated with this journey. It will be of interest to anyone faced with the realities and challenges of a cancer diagnosis, and a source of profound hope, encouragement and comfort for women who fear to face, or have already faced, the news no one wants to hear.[Publisher's Note: In our publishing history we have never had a book so highly reviewed in its galley proof stage, nor had stronger comments about a book being a
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