Editor

Truthwaite, Rob

Place of Publication

Winnipeg, MB

Publisher

Children's Programs

Publication Date

2000

Subjects

Adaptation, Psychological - popular works

Social Adjustment - psychology

Disabled Persons

Chronic Disease - popular works

Child

Emotions

Motivation

Juvenile Literature

Personal Narratives

ISBN

1550567837

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WM171 H436 2000

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Author

Derris, Karen

Place of Publication

Somerville, MA

Publisher

Wisdom Publications

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

216 p. ; 23 cm

Subjects

Buddhism

Terminally Ill

Attitude to Death

Suffering

Uncertainty

Philosophy

Brain Neoplasms

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

Facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, Karen Derris--professor, mother, and Buddhist practitioner--turned to books. By reading ancient Buddhist stories with new questions and a new purpose, finding a way to live with her dying body, she discovers new ways to make them immediate and real. - Provided by publisher.

Notes

This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

ISBN

9781614295754

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

BF789 D4 D477 2021

Copies

Author

Moorjani, Anita

Place of Publication

Carlsbad, CA

Publisher

Hay House

Publication Date

2012

Physical Description

xv, 191 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Death

Spiritual Therapies

Mind-Body Therapies

Adaptation, Psychological

Personal Narratives

ISBN

9781401937515

9781401937539

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 M825 2012

Copies

Author

Didion, Joan

Edition

1st ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

A.A. Knopf

Publication Date

2005

Physical Description

227 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects

Loss - psychology

Grief - psychology

Grief

Attitude to Death

Family Health

Family Relations

Life Change Events

Widowhood - psychology

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

140004314X

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF575 D556 2005

Copies

Author

Bowler, Kate

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Random House

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

xvi, 224 p. ; 23 cm

Subjects

Courage

Attitude to Death

Terminally Ill - psychology

Colorectal Neoplasms - psychology

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

Kate Bowler believed that life was a series of unlimited choices, only to find that she was stuck in a cancerous body at age 35 ... With dry wit and unflinching honesty, she grapples with her cancer diagnosis, her ambition, and her faith and searches for some kind of peace with her limitations in a culture that says that anything is possible.In facing down cancer, Kate, -- a Christian Joan Didion -- (Glennon Doyle), searches for hope without cheap optimism, and truth with room for mystery. We are as fragile as the day we were born, and we will need each other if we're going to tell the truth: Life is beautiful and terrible, full of hope and despair and everything in between, but there's no cure for being human. -- Author's website

Notes

This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

ISBN

9780593230770

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 B787 2021

Copies

Author

Hendler, Sue

Editor

Overall, Christine

Place of Publication

Kingston, ON

Publisher

Michael Grass House

Publication Date

2012

Physical Description

157 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects

Breast Neoplasms

Neoplasm Metastasis

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Life Change Events

Attitude to Death

Adaptation, Psychological

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

This book is comprised of a series columns by Sue Hendler which appeared bi-weekly in her hometown newspaper, The Kingston Whig-Standard, between 2008 - 2009.

ISBN

9780987972576

098797257X

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WP870 H497 2012

Copies

Alternate Title

How to win a tickle fight : a true story about what can go right, even when things have gone terribly wrong

Author

Lang, Mike

Bryant, Aaron

Corporate Author

Survive & Thrive Cancer Programs

Family Lines

Canadian Cancer Society

Publisher

Common Language Storytelling

Hands On Films

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

50 min.

Subjects

Terminally Ill - psychology

Neoplasms - psychology

Parent-Child Relations

Family Relations

Adaptation, Psychological

Young Adult

Personal Narratives

Canada

Popular Work

Abstract

How to Win a Tickle Fight is a true story that follows one young father, Brock, and his family for two years as they strive to live full, meaningful lives despite the metastatic cancer diagnosis they are navigating. Brock desperately wants to leave a legacy for his 7 year old son and be remembered as more than a 'sick person'. Kristen, Brock's wife, wants to maintain a closeness with her husband even while he is dying. And their son Ben... he just wants to have fun with his mom and dad. Through their difficult journey, the family comes to realizes that many things can still go right even when things have gone terribly wrong.

Notes

The complete documentary can be viewed online.

Language

English

Material Type

Video

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Author

Pynn, Craig T

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Demos Health

Publication Date

2012

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Prostatic Neoplasms

Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnosis

Prostatic Neoplasms - psychology

Life Change Events

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Social Support

Adaptation, Psychological

Abstract

Table of Contents

PART I DISCOVERY AND DIAGNOSIS

PART II RELATING TO CANCER

PART III THE OTHER REALITIES OF PROSTATE CANCER

PART IV A LIFETIME?S JOURNEY

EPILOGUE

ISBN

1936303256

9781936303250

9781617051012

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Website Notes

Patients and the public of BC and the Yukon can access this title by emailing library@bccancer.bc.ca or calling 1.888.675.8001 x 7000 (toll-free) to obtain a username and password.

Author

Bascaramurty, Dakshana

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

McClelland & Stewart

Publication Date

2020

Physical Description

285 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subjects

Attitude to Death

Melanoma

Life Change Events

Death and dying

Popular Work

Personal Narratives

Abstract

"The moving, inspiring story of a young husband and father who, when diagnosed with terminal cancer at the age of thirty-three, sets out to build a legacy for his infant son...Powerful and unvarnished, drawing on her conversations with Layton, and his own writing, This Is Not the End of Me contains moments of great beauty and humour, and addresses the consequences of fearing death and what we can gain by accepting its inevitability, as well as reminding us of what it means to live."-- Provided by publisher

ISBN

9780771009631

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 B298 2020

Copies

Author

Yeasting, Cynda

Place of Publication

[Victoria, BC?]

Publisher

Friesen Press

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

x, 293 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Brain Neoplasms

Spouses

Love

Hope

Grief

Interpersonal Relations

Terminal Care

Terminally Ill - psychology

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

A unique love story between a terminally ill man and the woman who found him on a dating website. He put his heart out there and she was lucky enough to find him. This book is their love story, from a first date to dealing with challenges that Michael's terminal cancer diagnosis brought them. Living life to the fullest and hoping for a miracle - Cover

ISBN

9781460267486

9781460267479

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WL358 Y39 2016

Copies

Alternate Title

Between 2 kingdoms

Between two kingdoms : what almost dying taught me about living

Author

Jaouad, Suleika

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Random House

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

x, 348 pages : map ; 21 cm

Subjects

Leukemia

Young Adult

Life Change Events

Journalism

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9780593236994

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WH250 J35b 2021

Copies

Author

Bowler, Kate

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Random House

Publication Date

2018

Physical Description

xviii, 178 p. ; 20 cm.

Subjects

Attitude to Death

Bereavement

Loss

Love

Uncertainty

Adaptation, Psychological

Colorectal Neoplasms - psychology

Family Relations

Christianity

Life Change Events

Personal Narratives

Autobiography

Popular Work

Notes

Copies may differ by ISBN and pagination.

ISBN

9780399592065

9780399592089

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Library

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 B787 2018

Copies

Editor

McNees, Pat

Place of Publication

Garden City, NY

Publisher

GuildAmerica Books

Publication Date

1996

Subjects

Terminally Ill - psychology

Loss

Bereavement

Grief

Attitude to Death

Anecdotes

Poetry

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

1568651570

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

BF789 D4 D996 1996

Copies

Author

Paterson, Annan

Place of Publication

Novato, CA

Publisher

Annan Paterson

Publication Date

1999

Physical Description

90 minutes

Subjects

Ovarian Neoplasms - psychology

Life Change Events

Humor

Drama

Personal Narratives

Abstract

Presented at a "Cancer as a Turning Point Conference", this video uses humor and drama and a variety of characters to explore the journey of a wife, mother and career woman who receives the unexpected and terrifying diagnosis of cancer.

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ201 P296 1999

Copies

Author

Cayouette, Gilles

Cayouette, Toby

Place of Publication

Quebec

Publisher

Celestia Lwms Corp. Editions

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

138 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Brain Neoplasms - psychology

Glioblastoma - psychology

Personal Narratives

Autobiography

Popular Work

ISBN

9780981047515

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WL358 C385 2008

Copies

Author

Deacon, Gillian

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Penguin Group

Publication Date

2014

Physical Description

245 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Adaptation, Psychological

Life Change Events

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Perfectionism

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

"What if you're doing everything right - living a healthy, virtuous, conscientious life - and something goes terribly wrong? So when the all-natural vegetarian yogi and runner mother of three young boys was diagnosed with cancer, the world stopped making sense."

ISBN

9780143188513

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ201 D278 2014

Copies

Alternate Title

Love and death

Author

Church, Forrest

Place of Publication

Boston, MA

Publisher

Beacon Press Books

Publication Date

2008

Subjects

Attitude to Death

Christianity

Religious Philosophies

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

Abstract

" Nearing his final days, a beloved Unitarian minister meditates on life, love, and death: 'The goal is to live in such a way that our lives will prove worth dying for.' Love & Death is imbued with ideas and exemplars for achieving that goal, and the stories he offers--all drawn from his own experiences and from the lives of his friends, family, and parishioners--are both engrossing and enlightening." - Provided by publisher

ISBN

9780807072974

0807072974

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

BF789 D4 C561 2008

Copies

Author

Tate, Terri

Place of Publication

San Francisco, CA

Publisher

Terri Tate

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

49 minutes

Subjects

Mouth Neoplasms - psychology

Survivors

Laughter Therapy

Humor

Life Change Events

Personal Narratives

Abstract

Presented at a "Cancer as a Turning Point Conference". An oral cancer survivor gives a humourous presentation about her disease, divorce and disfigured dating.

Language

English

Material Type

Video

DVD

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

BD431 T217s 2007

Copies

Author

Ettenberg, Zosia

Place of Publication

[Victoria, BC?]

Publisher

Trafford Publishing

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

viii, 65 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Adaptation, Psychological

Breast Neoplasms - psychology

Survival

Grief

Life Change Events

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9781425174484

1425174485

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ201 E85c 2008

Copies

Author

Marchiano, Melinda

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

San Luis Obispo, CA

Publisher

Happy Quail

Publication Date

2010

Physical Description

xiii, 287 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Child

Hodgkin Disease

Adaptation, Psychological

Life Change Events

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9780984271207

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ201 M319 2010

Copies