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The undying : pain, vulnerability, mortality, medicine, art, time, dreams, data, exhaustion, cancer, and care

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Boyer, Anne. New York, NY: Picador , 2020.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 B791 2019

Availability: 7 copies, 7 available

Author: Boyer, Anne

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Picador

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: 308 pages ; 19 cm

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms; Neoplasms - psychology; Patients - psychology; Attitude to Health; Attitude to Death; Politics; Popular Work; Personal Narratives

Notes: Some copies were purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

ISBN: 9781250757982

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 B791 2019

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Reconstructing Aphrodite

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Burlington, VT: Verve Editions , 2001.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 R311 2001

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Editor: Lorant, Terry; Eskenazi, Loren; Hayse, Helga

Place of Publication: Burlington, VT

Publisher: Verve Editions

Publication Date: 2001

Physical Description: 96 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - rehabilitation; Breast Neoplasms; Mammaplasty; Mastectomy - photographs; Breast Neoplasms - surgery; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Body Image; Pictorial Works; Personal Narratives

ISBN: 0966035232

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 R311 2001

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Breast stories : cancer survivors speak out

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Carpenter, Phil. Markham, ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside , 2012.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 C296 2012

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Breast cancer survivors who chose to undergo mastectomy talk about issues of beauty, identity, and femininity in this collection of portraits and frank personal essays

Author: Carpenter, Phil

Place of Publication: Markham, ON

Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: 109 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Mammaplasty; Mastectomy; Portraits; Family Relations; Survivors - psychology; Pictorial Works; Photographs; Body Image; Personal Narratives; Canada

Abstract: Breast cancer survivors who chose to undergo mastectomy talk about issues of beauty, identity, and femininity in this collection of portraits and frank personal essays

ISBN: 9781554552726; 1554552729

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 C296 2012

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Spinning straw into gold : your emotional recovery from breast cancer

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Kaye, Ronnie. [Toronto, ON]: Simon & Schuster Inc. , 1991.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 K23 1991

Availability: 7 copies, 7 available

Looks at emotional responses to breast cancer treatments, reconstruction, body image and sexuality, and life after treatment. Includes exercises in relaxation, imagery, and inner child work.

Author: Kaye, Ronnie

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Inc.

Publication Date: 1991

Physical Description: 218 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Mastectomy - psychology; Mammaplasty; Popular Work

Abstract: Looks at emotional responses to breast cancer treatments, reconstruction, body image and sexuality, and life after treatment. Includes exercises in relaxation, imagery, and inner child work.

ISBN: 9780671701642; 0671701649

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 K23 1991

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Show me : a photo collection of breast cancer survivors' lumpectomies, mastectomies, breast reconstructions and thoughts on body image

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Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Hershey, Pa.: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center , 2001. 2nd ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 S559 2001

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Corporate Author: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Hershey, Pa.

Publisher: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Publication Date: 2001

Subjects: Mastectomy - psychology; Mastectomy - photographs; Body Image; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Mammaplasty; Pictorial Works; Popular Work

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: WP870 S559 2001

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Woman redefined : dignity, beauty, and breast cancer

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Hunter, Kristina, Kenneth, ML. [Toronto, ON]: Second Story Press , 2016.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 H945 2016

Availability: 5 copies, 5 available

Author: Hunter, Kristina; Kenneth, ML

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Second Story Press

Publication Date: 2016

Physical Description: 1 volume unpaged, : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - surgery; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Body Image - psychology; Mastectomy; Mastectomy - rehabilitation; Beauty; Photographs; Pictorial Works; Popular Work; Personal Narratives

ISBN: 9781772600056; 1772600059

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 H945 2016

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Understanding breast reconstruction

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Denton, Sylvia, Coats, Debbie. London: CancerBACUP , 2005. 8th ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 D415 2005

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Denton, Sylvia; Coats, Debbie

Corporate Author: CancerBACUP

Edition: 8th ed.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: CancerBACUP

Publication Date: 2005

Physical Description: 56 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - surgery; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Mastectomy; Mammaplasty; Great Britain; Popular Work

ISBN: 190538405X

Language: English

Material Type: Booklet; Handout

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 D415 2005

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Confronting the red devil and other stories about cancer

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Chutter, Kerry. Burnaby, BC: Write Room Press , 2013.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 C564 2013

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Chutter, Kerry

Place of Publication: Burnaby, BC

Publisher: Write Room Press

Publication Date: 2013

Physical Description: iv, 73 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Survivors - psychology; Family; Social Support; Adaptation, Psychological; Personal Narratives

ISBN: 9780987797216

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 C564 2013

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Truth of it : an unscripted video series about cancer : breast cancer

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Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. [Toronto, ON]: Cancer View Canada , 2010.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 T875c 2010 v.4

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Corporate Author: Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Cancer View Canada

Publication Date: 2010

Series: Truth of it 4

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Social Support; Adaptation, Psychological; Breast Neoplasms - therapy; Breast Neoplasms - rehabilitation; Family Relations; Survivors; Patients; Body Image; Popular Work; Personal Narratives

Language: English

Material Type: Video; DVD

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: QZ201 T875c 2010 v.4

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Five lessons I didn't learn from breast cancer (and one big one I did)

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Lewis, Shelley. New York, NY: New American Library , 2009.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 L676 2009

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Lewis, Shelley

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: New American Library

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: viii, 260 p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Adaptation, Psychological; Survivors; Personal Narratives

ISBN: 9780451223906

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 L676 2009

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Cup of comfort for breast cancer survivors : inspiring stories of courage and triumph

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Avon, MA: Adams Media , 2008.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 C974s 2008

Availability: 6 copies, 6 available

Editor: Sell, Colleen

Place of Publication: Avon, MA

Publisher: Adams Media

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: x, 324 p. ; 19 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Survivors - psychology; Adaptation, Psychological; Personal Narratives

ISBN: 9781605506449; 1605506443

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 C974s 2008

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It's not about the hair : and other certainties of life and cancer

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Jarvis, Debra. Seattle, WA: Sasquatch Books , 2007.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 J38 2007

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Jarvis, Debra

Place of Publication: Seattle, WA

Publisher: Sasquatch Books

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: ix, 245 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Personal Narratives

ISBN: 9781570615368; 1570615365

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 J38 2007

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Naked imperfection : a memoir

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Deacon, Gillian. [Toronto, ON]: Penguin Group , 2014.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 D278 2014

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

"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."

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

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Dying in public : living with metastatic breast cancer

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Hendler, Sue. Kingston, ON: Michael Grass House , 2012.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 H497 2012

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

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.

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

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Cancer fabulous diaries

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Soo, Sylvia. [Toronto, ON]: Rethink Breast Cancer , 2014.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 C215s 2014

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

2 read online

Author: Soo, Sylvia

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Rethink Breast Cancer

Publication Date: 2014

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Body Image; Adaptation, Psychological; Young Adult; Diaries; Personal Narratives

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022 PFC

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Patient or Public

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

Call Number: WP870 C215s 2014

Read Online

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Choosing to smile

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Houlker, Julie, Standeven, Glenda, Rickaby, Michelle. Chilliwack, BC: Choosing to Smile Publications , 2009.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 H838 2009

Availability: 6 copies, 6 available

Alternate Title: Choosing to smile : inspirational life stories of three friends who happened to have cancer

Author: Houlker, Julie; Standeven, Glenda; Rickaby, Michelle

Place of Publication: Chilliwack, BC

Publisher: Choosing to Smile Publications

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: xi, 415 p. : ill. : 23 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Bone Neoplasms - psychology; Hodgkin Disease - psychology; Survivors - psychology; Adaptation, Psychological; Personal Narratives

ISBN: 9781986522703

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 H838 2009

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How to ride a dragon : women with breast cancer tell their stories

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Tocher, Michelle. [Toronto, ON]: Key Porter Books , 2002.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 T631 2002

Availability: 9 copies, 9 available

Author: Tocher, Michelle

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Key Porter Books

Publication Date: 2002

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

ISBN: 1552633977

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 T631 2002

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