Helpful Reading - Book Reviews, Breast Cancer Memoirs, Self-Help

Red Sunshine is Dr. Kimberly Allison's story of surviving stage 3 breast cancer. Dr. Allison is a breast cancer pathologist with young children and a supportive husband. When she discovers a post-pregnancy breast lump and see her own cancer under the microscope, she reacts the same as any woman would. Red Sunshine is her survivor story.

March Forth by Marci A. Schmitt is her story of surviving breast cancer. A full-time mom of two small boys, she already has her hands full, but she pressed on through her diagnosis, surgery and chemotherapy. Here is how Schmitt marches forth into a healthy future, free of breast cancer.

"Treat Her Like a Princess" is a book chock full of practical advice for breast cancer patients and supporters. Denise Hazen puts her focus on getting through breast cancer treatment in style, by taking the "Princess Approach." Breast cancer patients and supporters will be able to mine "Treat Her Like a Princess" for ideas to survive and to be supportive. "Treat Her Like a Princess" has someth…

Jennie Nash was too young for a mammogram, but was diagnosed with breast cancer when she followed her instincts. Juggling a young family, a friend with lung cancer, and many treatment decisions, Jennie tells how she became a breast cancer survivor. Her story is full of life, family matters, friends, and breast cancer.

Patients and caregivers alike must someday face death. But many of us fear the process of dying and its aftermath. Donna Authers has been a caregiver for dying relatives and gives you her advice on dealing with death and dying. Her book, A Sacred Walk, covers practical, spiritual, emotional and psychological preparation for death and dying - without becoming morbid or sad.

Breast cancer is a tough disease, but it can be successfully treated. Grace Gawler writes about the emotional healing that needs to take place after treatment. In her book, Women of Silence, Grace Gawler discusses emotional healing and therapies that will support the recovery of the full person. Learn more about Grace Gawler's emotional healing therapies here.

Your Brain After Chemo is all about chemobrain. A very real side effect that can linger long after chemotherapy, chemobrain affects many breast cancer patients. My book review of Your Brain After Chemo will tell you what kind of help you can get for chemobrain. Written by a breast cancer survivor and a scientist of brain chemistry, Your Brain After Chemo is a must-read for any cancer patient.

Marc and Diane Becker Krasnick faced the challenges of raising two daughters, a mother with breast cancer, Marc’s bladder cancer, and Diane's diagnosis of HER2 Positive, Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC). Marc wrote a series of emails that he later collected into this book, telling the ways that "only Diane" dealt with her treatments and recovery from breast cancer. Marc and Diane are still mar…

Just knowing that others have been down this road, and lived to tell their tale may help you endure your own journey. These first-person breast cancer memoirs are entertaining and for the most part, well-written. You can find advice, experience, and cautionary tales in these reviews of breast cancer memoirs.

Leanne Lippincott wasn't expecting to have breast cancer – she had a healthy diet, watched her weight, did breast self-exams, had regular checkups and mammograms. In 1998 her mammogram proclaimed that all was well, but in 1999 she was diagnosed with Stage 3A breast cancer, and had a mastectomy. With this book, she and her daughter Jennifer are raising awareness and making us laugh. Read more about "101 Uses for a Fake Boob."

The book Nordie’s At Noon is equal parts breast cancer memoir and patient education. Four women collaborated on each chapter, giving their stories, emotions, successes and disappointments.

Bathsheba’s Breast, Women, Cancer & HistoryJames S. Olson starts with the ancient world and takes the reader up to 2002, giving a picture of changes in healthcare, culture, science, politics, and economy as they relate to the treatment of breast cancer.

Mindy Greenstein is the daughter of tough Holocaust survivors, who lived in the house on Crash Corner. While cars collided outside, domestic disagreements rose and fell indoors. Greenstein lived through it all to become a clinical psychologist, mother of two boys, and breast cancer survivor. While Greenstein no longer lives at Crash Corner,...