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Cancer vixen : a true story

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Marchetto, Marisa Acocella. New York ; Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf , 2006. 1st ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 M317 2006

Availability: 9 copies, 9 available

Comic book memoir of author's experience with breast cancer.

Author: Marchetto, Marisa Acocella

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York ; Toronto

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: 211 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms; Neoplasms; Graphic Novels; Cartoons; Personal Narratives; Biography; Wit and Humor; Popular Work

Abstract: Comic book memoir of author's experience with breast cancer.

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022 (F0002623)

ISBN: 9780676978247 (Toronto); 0307263576 (alk. paper); 067697824X (Toronto)

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Surrey Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 M317 2006

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Mom's marijuana : life, love and beating the odds

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Shapiro, Dan. New York, NY: Vintage Books , 2000.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WH500 S529 2000

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Shapiro, Dan

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Vintage Books

Publication Date: 2000

Subjects: Hodgkin Disease - personal narratives - popular works; Neoplasms - biography - popular works; Cannabis - therapeutic use

ISBN: 0375708014

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WH500 S529 2000

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Cancer made me a shallower person : a memoir in comics

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Engelberg, Miriam. New York, NY: Harper , 2006.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 E58c 2006

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

A cartoonist examines her experience with breast cancer in an irreverent and humourous graphic memoir

Author: Engelberg, Miriam

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Harper

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: xiii, 126 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms; Neoplasms; Cartoons; Wit and Humor; Social Support; Personal Narratives; Pictorial Works; Biography

Abstract: A cartoonist examines her experience with breast cancer in an irreverent and humourous graphic memoir

ISBN: 9780060789732; 0060789735

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 E58c 2006

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Dietitian's cancer story : information and inspiration for recovery and healing from a 3-time cancer survivor

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Dyer, Diana. Ann Arbor, Mi.: Swan Press , 2002. 8th ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ266 D998d 2002

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Dyer, Diana

Edition: 8th ed.

Place of Publication: Ann Arbor, Mi.

Publisher: Swan Press

Publication Date: 2002

Subjects: Neoplasms - diet therapy; Nutrition; Survivors - psychology; Alternative Medicine; Neoplasms - prevention & control; Patients; Biography; Popular Work

ISBN: 096672383X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ266 D998d 2002

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Ice bound : a doctor's incredible battle for survival at the South Pole

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Nielsen, Jerri, Vollers, Maryanne. New York, NY: Hyperion , 2001.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 N669 2001

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Nielsen, Jerri; Vollers, Maryanne

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Hyperion

Publication Date: 2001

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - biography - popular works; Breast Neoplasms - psychology - popular works; Breast Neoplasms - personal narratives - popular works

ISBN: 0786886994

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 N669 2001

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Chasing daylight : how my forthcoming death transformed my life : a final account

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O'Kelly, Eugene, Postman, Andrew. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill , 2008.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 O41 2008

Availability: 1 copy, 0 available

Chasing daylight is the inspirational memoir of former KPMG CEO Eugene O'Kelly, written in the three-and -a-half months between his terminal diagnosis with a brain cancer and his death in September 2005. Interweaving details of his illness with reflections on life, death and success, this passiona…

Author: O'Kelly, Eugene; Postman, Andrew

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: 201 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Death - psychology; Terminally Ill - psychology; Brain Neoplasms; Emotional Adjustment; Life Change Events; Quality of Life; Attitude to Death; Personal Narratives; Biography; Popular Work

Abstract: Chasing daylight is the inspirational memoir of former KPMG CEO Eugene O'Kelly, written in the three-and -a-half months between his terminal diagnosis with a brain cancer and his death in September 2005. Interweaving details of his illness with reflections on life, death and success, this passionate, deeply insightful book provides an unforgettable account of O'Kelly's final journey, and is a compelling reminder of the importance of living a balanced and meaningful life.