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This book has been published and is available as of March 18, 1996.
Author Barbara Whipple, social worker, performance poet, and cancer survivor, documents a progressive journey through the stages of dealing with a life-threatening illness. This is an exploration, from the personal experience of facing such a diagnosis, to the impact on children, family and friends, of the transformative struggle to triumph over depression and death. Whipple's encouraging poetry stresses that we all share the capacity to overcome adversity and learn from it--and that we are not alone.
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I've Got Cancer, But It Doesn't Have Me! (A Survivor's Book of Poems) offers courage, hope, and a window of profound understanding to cancer survivors, their families, and friends. Barbara Whipple, social worker, performance poet, and cancer survivor, documents a progressive journey through the stages of dealing with a life-threatening illness. This is an exploration, from the personal experience of facing such a threatening illness. This is an exploration, from the personal experience of facing such a diagnosis, to the impact on children, family and friends, of the transformative struggle to triumph over depression and death. Her encouraging poetry stresses that we all share the capacity to overcome adversity and learn from it -- and we are not alone. -- Midwest Book Review
