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Breast cancer made Jennie Nash a wise old woman at the age of thirty-six. She learned, among other things, that her instincts are good, her kids are really resilient, and that, in the fight against breast cancer, the journey for patients, family, and friends can be a surprisingly positive, life-changing experience. Some five years younger than the AMA-recommended age for mammograms, Jennie Nash insisted she be tested, not because of a lump but because of a hunch brought on by a friend's battle with lung cancer. Jennie was as shocked to discover as her friend had been that cancer knows no age limits. From detection and surgery to reconstruction and recovery, Jennie gives readers a road map for a journey no one chooses to take. She details both the large and small lessons learned along the way: the importance of a child's birthday cake; the pleasure of wearing a beautiful, provocative red dress; how to be grateful rather than guilty when someone brings lasagne to the door; and that sometimes the only difference between getting to live and having to die is luck. A celebration of survival, Jennie Nash's account transforms one of life's most harrowing experiences into a story of reassurance and enlightenment.

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Ronnie Kaye<p>Author of Spinning Straw into Gold: Your Emotional Recovery from Breast Cancer <p>This beautifully written book has it allhonesty, self-acceptance, understanding, and even a quirky kind of humor. There is truth and humanness on every page. In telling her story, Jennie Nash gives women going through a breast cancer experience the permission to accept the rightness of their thoughts and feelings.<p>

Marianne Williamson Jennie Nash more than survives cancer; she transforms the experience of the disease for herself and for others. Celebrating life as she accepts the specter of death, Jennie makes it very clear that life is bigger than any disease. She tells her story from a place so close to her heart that you can't help but feel it in yours.

Ronnie Kaye Author of Spinning Straw into Gold: Your Emotional Recovery from Breast Cancer This beautifully written book has it all honesty, self-acceptance, understanding, and even a quirky kind of humor. There is truth and humanness on every page. In telling her story, Jennie Nash gives women going through a breast cancer experience the permission to accept the rightness of their thoughts and feelings.

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Jennie Nash is the author of Altared States: Surviving the Engagement. She has written for dozens of national magazines, including Glamour, Mademoiselle, and The New York Times Magazine. She lives with her husband and two young daughters in Torrance, California

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