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The Cancer Monologue Project [Hardcover]

Tanya Taylor (Author)
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October 7, 2002
The Cancer Monologue Project is a collection of thirty monologues developed in workshops in which people affected by cancer are invited to write and perform their stories about living with the disease. These workshops were led by Tanya Taylor and Pamela Thompson, who both know firsthand the profound effects cancer can have on individuals and their families.

These monologues are about reawakened desire, dreams of flight and finding humor in the most unlikely places. Like letters from the frontlines, they capture the glory and darkness of life. Each voice is unique, and yet each one touches upon the universal in portraying lives that have taken unexpected turns. Together they are a tribute to the diversity of the cancer community and to the strength of the human heart.


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"Guaranteed to make you proud to be simply human." -- Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., author of Kitchen Table Wisdom and My Grandfather's Blessing

"Nothing heals like the power of a true story." -- Marianne Williamson

"The Cancer Monologue Project is a passionate and courageous work. It's filled with vital information, life and spirit." -- Spalding Gray, author of Swimming to Cambodia and Monster in a Box

"The stories contained here . . . should be read by everyone." -- Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of Love, Medicine & Miracles and Prescriptions for Living

"This book is a necessity and a gift." -- O, The Oprah Magazine

From the Publisher

The writers of these monologues are not professional writer - they are mothers and husbands, artists and engineers - and yet with Tanya Taylor and Pamela Thompson's nurturing guidance and theatrical approach, each of them has produced a breathtakingly honest and naturally lyrical piece. This is a brave book with its own beating heart, and I feel honored to be a part of it.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 168 pages
  • Publisher: MacAdam/Cage; 1St Edition edition (October 7, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1931561222
  • ISBN-13: 978-1931561228
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,470,322 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Triumph of the spirit., October 12, 2002
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Melinda Romeo (Woodland Hills, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cancer Monologue Project (Hardcover)
When I read The Cancer Monologue Project, I made 30 new friends; each with their own very individual voice and outlook. They share a gruesome commonality, cancer, but something even stronger unites them. What I found most enlightening was the gratitude these survivors expressed for the very disease that brought them, or a loved one, to death's door. Wisdom, humility, and a deep appreciation for family seem to be the legacy of the pain, fear and degradation they endured. In celebrating life, these people made me laugh through my tears as they generously shared intimate details of their journey. I can't help feeling I've been given a primer on how to live my remaining years to their fullest; a gift from these extraordinary contributors.
I wholeheartedly recommend this book to read, and reread, and give to everyone you love.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Cancer and Intimacy, October 15, 2002
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Steven Siegman (Santa Fe, NM USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Cancer Monologue Project (Hardcover)
I have known a number of people with cancer, and I think I had close relationships with them. However, somehow I learned more about what really happens when people get cancer from this book than I have learned from suffering friends and family. The reality is so grave that I suppose the people I know did not want to bring me in to the pain. But the participants in these workshops feel free to unburden themselves and get specific and I have a more real view of the cancer experience now than I did before. The scathing and lonely vignettes about radiation really got to me, and while it's painful it's also better to know than not to know.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, October 4, 2002
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Cooneyson1 "cooneyson1" (West Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Cancer Monologue Project (Hardcover)
The authors didn't have to put themselves in others shoes to to convey these enormously brave and inspirational accounts. The authors in their own shoes, brilliantly edited, make this book a must for anyone directly and indirectly faced with cancer's devistation.
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