Breast Cancer: Daughters Tell Their Stories [Hardcover]

Julianne S Oktay (Author), J Dianne Garner (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 452 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (July 22, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789014513
• ISBN-13: 978-0789014511
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,677,446 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this book!, November 27, 2005

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Carolyn A. Walter (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Breast Cancer: Daughters Tell Their Stories (Paperback)

Oktay's book is a wonderful tribute to the daughters of breast cancer patients who have an opportunity to share their experiences of loss and personal growth as a result of having lived with a mother who experienced breast cancer. The information shared in the book is a result of an excellent qualitative study which provides us with a rare opportunity to understand the issues facing daughters of breast cancer patients. Since there are stories of women from various ages throughout the life cycle, any daughter of a breast cancer patient will benefit from reading it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this book!, November 18, 2005

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Booklover "Booklover" (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Breast Cancer: Daughters Tell Their Stories (Paperback)

This book is full of stories--the stories of women whose mothers had breast cancer--30 stories that are extensively and movingly told. The introductory chapter describes the methods the author used--maybe that's all the further the negative revier ever read! This book is unique and invaluable in my opinion because it allows us to listen to daughters as they struggle to understand their mothers' illnesses as they move forward in their own lives. I've never read a book that does this, and I'm very grateful for it.

1.0 out of 5 stars Breast Cancer: Daughters Tell Their Stories, October 21, 2005

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Thelma M. Corles - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Breast Cancer: Daughters Tell Their Stories (Paperback)

This was not what I was expecting. I had hoped that it would tell me what the girls themselves thought throughout the process - it seemed to be much more statistical.