Finding the Light in Cancer's Shadow: Hope, Humor, and Healing after Treatment [Paperback]

Lynn Eib (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2006

Cancer's shadow looms large, even for survivors. Fears may linger: Will the cancer come back? Will I always have complications? Will life ever be normal again? Author and cancer patient advocate Lynn Eib, a colon cancer survivor herself, faces these fears head-on. Drawing on her own experiences, the wisdom of Scripture, and the stories of others who battled cancer, she helps survivors and their loved ones deal with their fears, their moods, their questions, and more. Finding the Light in Cancer's Shadow shows that God wants to use cancer survivors in an incredible way, and points them to the hope and healing that only God's light can supply. No glib answers—just the truthful hope that God can penetrate and dispel any shadow in a survivor's life.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A much-needed resource for those living in the shadow of this life-threatening disease." -- Harold G. Koenig, MD Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences Founder and co-director, Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

"If you or someone you love is struggling with the fear and uncertainty of cancer’s shadow, here’s your flashlight." -- Dave Dravecky (desmoid cancer survivor since 1988) Dave Dravecky’s Outreach of Hope Ministry, Colorado Springs, Colorado

"This book is one…I can enthusiastically recommend to my patients—and to you." -- Walt Larimore, MD Family physician, medical journalist, and best-selling author of God’s Design for the Highly Healthy Person

"This extraordinary book is inspirational, uplifting, and comforting to anyone facing cancer and to those ministering to them. " -- Jane E. Rice (breast cancer survivor since 1990) Vice president, public relations Utz Quality Foods, Inc., Hanover, Pennsylvania

"We commend Lynn Eib for her powerful collection of witnesses to hope." -- George Gallup (prostate cancer survivor since 1993) Kingsley Gallup (breast cancer survivor since 1999) The George H. Gallup International Institute, Princeton, New Jersey

About the Author

Lynn Eib , author of When God & Cancer Meet is a cancer survivor, journalist, and cancer patient advocate. The Cancer Prayer Support Group she founded in 1991 is one of the oldest such groups in the country. Lynn lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and has three grown daughters.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (February 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1414305729
• ISBN-13: 978-1414305721
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #519,097 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Those who know me well would tell you I am very competitive. I have to remind myself that second place is NOT the first loser and that life is NOT a race. I am also a big sports fan--especially the OSU Buckeyes (my alma mater) and baseball. I listen to Baltimore Orioles' games just about every night even though there hasn't been a lot to cheer about this season (or last season or the one before or the...) My love of sports comes from my Father who was a coach and before that played semi-pro baseball. When we lived in Riverside, CA back in the '60s, he coached Barry Bonds' Dad, Bobby, in junior high school. My Dad convinced Bobby he was too great a hitter to stay a pitcher and he became an outfielder instead! The rest is history. When I started junior high school I took a journalism class and decided I wanted to become a newspaper reporter. Two years later I applied to be the Sports Editor of my school's weekly paper even though they said only boys could have that job. I finally convinced them I knew sports and would stay out of the boys' locker room and I got the job. My love for newspaper reporting never waned and I majored in journalism at Ohio State where I also met the love of my life on my first and last blind date. I am NOT usually an impulsive person, but we got engaged two months later and married six months after that. I'm not sure what I was thinking but we are still very happily married after 32 years so I guess one rash act in a lifetime is okay. I never thought I could write a book because I see myself more as a reporter than a writer, but my books are true accounts of amazing things I've seen God do in people's lives so I've been able to continue to report. I pray for all of you who will read my books--that God will meet your deepest needs that you will sense His awesome love for you.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real Life and Faith, February 8, 2006

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God's Child "By His Grace Only" (York, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Finding the Light in Cancer's Shadow: Hope, Humor, and Healing after Treatment (Paperback)

What a great second book. I own the first one and this is also inspiring to someone who doubts or is at the bottom due to cancer and the aftermath of it. I had the pleasure of meeting most all of the people in the previous (When God and Cancer meet) and this book. I can attest that all the stories are true (part of my story is in here) and hope that whoever reads these books will be inspired by them and see the light of Christ even in the dark times of life. Lynn may God bless you and everyone in this book. Thanks for sticking with it and writing this book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A review by a doctor and fellow cancer survivor, April 6, 2006

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Amy Givler (Monroe, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Finding the Light in Cancer's Shadow: Hope, Humor, and Healing after Treatment (Paperback)

Looking for a way to help someone who has just finished cancer treatment? Give this book.

Lynn Eib understands the power of telling a good story, and so this book has many of them. There are enough personal anecdotes about her to convince me that she knows what she is talking about. But most of her stories are about some of the others she has helped in her role as patient advocate in a busy oncologist's office.

The stories help to point people away from the discouragements common to many cancer survivors: fearing recurrence, having to face people who insist on their staying "positive", wondering whether life will ever be normal again.

She polishes her stories with inspiring quotes and suggestions that point the reader toward the future. This is a book of hope. I highly recommend it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars From the eyes of a physician in cancer's shadow, March 16, 2006

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T. Mulligan "Doctor Tom" (Gainesville) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Finding the Light in Cancer's Shadow: Hope, Humor, and Healing after Treatment (Paperback)

I read Lynn Eib's first book, When God and Cancer Meet, and found it to be the most helpful book I've ever read about dealing with cancer. I bought a case of the books and gave them out to my friends and patients who had cancer. I consider the book a "must read" for all patients with cancer.

Lynn's second bood is also excellent. It provides encouraging and helpful information on how to live during the years after receiving the diagnosis of cancer. I especially liked the chapters, "Is God Really Bigger Than Cancer" and "Living Under a Different Shadow".

As a cancer survivor, journalist, and now patient advocate, Lynn writes with skill and insight rarely seen. When patients are first diagnosed with cancer, I suggest they read When God and Cancer Meet. Six months later, as they try to return to normal life, I suggest they read Finding the Light in Cancer's Shadow.