Angels & Monsters: A Child's Eye View of Cancer [Hardcover]

Lisa Murray (Author), Billy Howard (Photographer), Jeff Foxworthy (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2002

In this awe-inspiring photographic essay, 25 childhood cancer patients are portrayed as they express through art and words their feelings about the cancers that threatened them. Revisiting the survivors, some of whom are now young adults embarking on careers and starting families, this compassionate tribute to children’s resiliency and determination honors the lives of the children it portrays and the lives of other children like them worldwide, offering comfort and hope to others.

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About the Author

Lisa Murray is a board-certified and registered art therapist with the Americna Tart Therapy Association. She received her training at Emporia State University and interned at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas. She has worked with children in hospitals for more than twenty years. She lives in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Billy Howard is a commercial and documentary photographer with an emphasis on health, education, and social themes. He is the author of Epitaphs for the Living: Words and Images in the Time of AIDS and Portrait of Spirit: One Story at a Time, which features images and interviews of people with disabilities. He lives in Atlanta.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 88 pages
• Publisher: American Cancer Society; 1 edition (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0944235220
• ISBN-13: 978-0944235225
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 8.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,294,055 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The impressive result of an eight year project, January 11, 2003

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Angels & Monsters: A Child's Eye View of Cancer (Hardcover)

Angels & Monsters: A Child's Eye View Of Cancer by art therapist Lisa Murray and professional photographer Billy Howard is the impressive result of an eight year project in which Murray worked with children and had them express their feelings about their cancers through their artwork -- and then talk about their art. Howard took a photographic portrait of each child. The artwork and the portraits where paired and presented in a stunningly beautiful and thought-provoking exhibit under the auspices of the American Cancer Society, and which is memorably presented in the pages of Angels & Monsters. Sensitive, insightful, unique, and thoroughly "kid friendly", Angels & Monsters is highly recommended reading for any child (and their parents) having to cope with cancer, and would make a welcome and valued addition to any school or community library collection.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for families of newly diagnosed cancer patients..., October 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Angels & Monsters: A Child's Eye View of Cancer (Hardcover)

Great book, especially for parents who are dealing with a child with cancer. You can't find a more honest opinion or approach to dealing with cancer, than that of a child. Kudos to Lisa Murray and Billy Howard for sticking to their guns for 8 years and seeing their dream come to fruition!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Angels & Monsters, April 11, 2003

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Steven Barrett (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Angels & Monsters: A Child's Eye View of Cancer (Hardcover)

Children's perspective of cancer is presented in this uplifting book through their own words, drawings, and photographs. Despite our natural sadness when confronted with this subject, the reader senses courage and hope when turning the pages of this book. Sadness is there as well, but the faith and fighting spirit of these children remind us of the resilience and strength and unceasing hope within all of us.