A Reason for Optimism: Treating Cancer With a Bone Marrow Transplant [Paperback]

Barbara J. Munson (Author), Connie Marshall (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Two Pillars Pr (March 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964875403
• ISBN-13: 978-0964875401
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,734,002 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I have been a freelance book editor and ghostwriter since 1998, helping nonfiction authors polish their books and find the right words. My company is www.Munson Communications.com. Over the years my authors have won numerous book awards (one author, Doug Koktavy, won fourteen awards for his book: The Legacy of Beezer and Boomer: Lessons on Living and Dying from My Canine Brothers). Other recent wonderful books I have edited, which you can find on Amazon.com, include:

Beyond Disease Care: When Your Treatments Fail to Cure You, by Walt Stoll MD and Kathleen Diehl

WordFood: How We Feed or Starve Our Relationships, by Julia Hubbel

The Labyrinth: A True Life Adventure Seeking Wisdom, Healing and Love, by Lori Lovens

Someone Like Me: An Unlikely Story of Challenge and Triumph over Cerebral Palsy, by John W. Quinn

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I am particularly proud of my own two books, Gilly: A Humble Crusader, and A Reason for Optimism: Treating Cancer with a Bone Marrow Transplant.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, but the book is too short..., July 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: A Reason for Optimism: Treating Cancer With a Bone Marrow Transplant (Paperback)

I read the 96 page book in about an hour and I'm not a speed reader. The book has lots of white space and a pretty large font for the type.

I did enjoy everything that was written here, but I kept wanting to know more information about how Marilyn Hamm (the patient) was doing at each stage of her treatment. She did a pretty good job of laying out the book and trying to address the most important topics, but I would have liked to seen more of the clinical details of the treatment plan and comlications as they arose; more of Marilyn's feelings (and Jeff, her significant other's feelings); and especially a lot more about what was going on during the recovery period. The book is written to give potential patients and care givers a look into what a BMT is like, but it gave me more questions than answers.

Having said these things, I think the book is very reaffirming and it does give potential patients good reason to hope for the future. I especially liked the section! on Marilyn's thoughts about clinical trials--I've not found anything else that discusses trials from a patient's point of view.