When someone you care about is diagnosed with cancer, it forces you into an emotional journey. How will you find your way? This book will be your guide.
Aimed at anyone who has a family member or loved one with cancer, this book looks upon a diagnosis of cancer as the beginning of a journey – one that has been forced upon the reader. This book supports them in adapting to the shock of diagnosis, and gives perspective on the situation in which they find themselves.
With practical advice, as well as guidance on how to take your inner journey, this book shows you how to deal with this challenge in your life. You, too, can tap into your deepest strength and come through this ordeal with hope for the future.
Excerpt
Why do you need to read this book? There’s nothing wrong with you – it’s someone else who has been diagnosed with cancer, after all!
Well, I guess that just sums up the problem. Someone else is ill, but it affects you too. Your life is changing, possibly in a physical way, almost certainly in an emotional one.
You may tell yourself that how you feel isn’t important – but that doesn’t help anyone. You are a vital and precious person, and you deserve to take some time to travel through this book. You don’t need to read this book, but you may choose to use it as your guide.
Let’s take some time to look at some of the problems you may meet on your journey with another’s illness, and some of the ways that this book can help . . .
Professional Reviews
Glennyce S Eckersley - Author, Angels Believe and Receive
Statistics tell us that one out of three people will be affected by cancer in their lifetime. This leads us to wonder at the countless nearest and dearest who also have to cope with this diagnosis. Anne Orchard's book is informative, encouraging and uplifting. Guiding you in ways to strengthen your courage and help loved ones cope with this most difficult of journeys. Should you be travelling on this journey, there is no better road map than Anne Orchard's book.
Tricia Stewart - Author (The original WI Calendar Girl)
This will prove an invaluable book with sensible advice for people who are in the midst of their worst nightmare.
