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Heart of a champion : inspirational stories of people who have overcome many of life's challenging adversities

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog14808
Winnipeg, MB: Children's Programs , 2000.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WM171 H436 2000
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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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Mommy has cancer : what I learned about cancer, and how I helped my mommy

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124490
Stevenson Jr., Corey L. Meadville, PA: Christian Faith Publishing , 2020.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ201 C5 S847m 2020
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Author
Stevenson Jr., Corey L.
Place of Publication
Meadville, PA
Publisher
Christian Faith Publishing
Publication Date
2020
Physical Description
24 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects
Breast Neoplasms
Mother-Child Relations
Family Relations
Popular Work
Personal Narratives
Juvenile Literature
ISBN
9781098048693
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ201 C5 S847m 2020

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Good mourning : a kid's support guide for grief and mourning death : for kids by a kid

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124492
Peden, Seldon, Whimsical Designs by CJ (ill.). [United States]: 1st Word Publishing, LLC , [2021].
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 C5 G7 P371 2021
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
"The Good Mourning is a kid's support guide for grief and mourning death. The book helps other boys and girls deal with the loss of a parent, grandparent, other close relative, or friend"--Amazon
Author
Peden, Seldon
Whimsical Designs by CJ (ill.)
Place of Publication
[United States]
Publisher
1st Word Publishing, LLC
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects
Popular Work
Personal Narratives
Juvenile Literature
Bereavement
Grief
Abstract
"The Good Mourning is a kid's support guide for grief and mourning death. The book helps other boys and girls deal with the loss of a parent, grandparent, other close relative, or friend"--Amazon
ISBN
9780578855738
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Vancouver Library
Call Number
BF575 C5 G7 P371 2021

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Healing our wounded hearts : a real life story about loss in the voice of a teenager

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124431
Hahn, Olivia. [Victoria, BC]: Self publishing , [2023].
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 G7 H148h 2023
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
"Children and Teens are expected to grieve the same as adults. In fact there are similarities but our brains are not fully [developed] yet but we often have bigger and stronger emotions. My name is Olivia Hahn, I lost my mother to cancer when I was 15 and I am deeply grieving. This book is written …
Author
Hahn, Olivia
Place of Publication
[Victoria, BC]
Publisher
Self publishing
Publication Date
[2023]
Physical Description
[111 unnumbered pages] : ill. ; 23 cm
Subjects
Grief
Loss
Love
Adolescent
Parental Death
Parent-Child Relations
Life Change Events
Neoplasms - psychology
Juvenile Literature
Personal Narratives
Popular Work
Abstract
"Children and Teens are expected to grieve the same as adults. In fact there are similarities but our brains are not fully [developed] yet but we often have bigger and stronger emotions. My name is Olivia Hahn, I lost my mother to cancer when I was 15 and I am deeply grieving. This book is written in the voice of a teenager as a teenager and is an account of finding my voice through all this loss" -- Back cover.
ISBN
9798385789801
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
BF575 G7 H148h 2023
Website Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Naked imperfection : a memoir

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog119945
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

Copies

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Journal : a mother and daughter's recovery from breast cancer

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21671
Clark, Annabel, Redgrave, Lynn, Lerner, Barron. New York, NY: Umbrage Editions , 2004.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WP870 C592 2004
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Alternate Title
Mother and daughter's recovery from breast cancer
Author
Clark, Annabel
Redgrave, Lynn
Lerner, Barron
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Umbrage Editions
Publication Date
2004
Physical Description
109 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Subjects
Breast Neoplasms - psychology
Parent-Child Relations
Adaptation, Psychological
Pictorial Works
Personal Narratives
ISBN
9781884167430
1884167438
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WP870 C592 2004

Copies

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Living between cancer and a cure : seeking the light

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog114080
Davies, Anne Louise. [Victoria, BC?]: Anne Davies Duncan Holdings , 2015.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ201 D255 2015
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Author
Davies, Anne Louise
Place of Publication
[Victoria, BC?]
Publisher
Anne Davies Duncan Holdings
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
71 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - psychology
Poetry
Survivors
Personal Narratives
Pictorial Works
Popular Work
Notes
Copies differ in size and format; pagination and placement of illustrations vary.
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ201 D255 2015

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Brock, William, Boismenu, Angela. Montreal: Les Presses de l'Universite de Montreal , 2012.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WH250 B864 2013
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Brock, William
Boismenu, Angela
Place of Publication
Montreal
Publisher
Les Presses de l'Universite de Montreal
Publication Date
2012
Physical Description
207 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Subjects
Leukemia
Cancer Patients
Survivors
Quebec
Personal Narratives
Pictorial Works
Popular Work
Notes
Issued also in French under title: Portraits d?espoir.
ISBN
9782760627888
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WH250 B864 2013

Copies

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New beginnings : the triumphs of 120 cancer survivors

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120451
Aron, Bill, Kavanagh, Bill, Carrier, Susan. New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing , 2015.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ201 A769 2015
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Alternate Title
New beginnings : the triumphs of one hundred and twenty cancer survivors
Author
Aron, Bill
Kavanagh, Bill
Carrier, Susan
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
xv, 255 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Subjects
Cancer Survivors
Survivorship
Neoplasms - psychology
Adaptation, Psychological
Portraits
Photographs
Personal Narratives
Pictorial Works
Popular Work
ISBN
1632206641
9781632206640
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ201 A769 2015

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Cancer connections : images of hope and courage from across Canada

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21733
Burns, James. Mississauga, ON: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. , 2011.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ201 H967 2011
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Based on PhotoSensitive's Cancer connections exhibition.
Author
Burns, James
Corporate Author
PhotoSensitive
Place of Publication
Mississauga, ON
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd.
Publication Date
2011
Physical Description
191 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - psychology
Breast Neoplasms - psychology
Survivors
Personal Narratives
Photography
Exhibitions
Pictorial Works
Canada
Popular Work
Abstract
Based on PhotoSensitive's Cancer connections exhibition.
ISBN
9780470964491
0470964499
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ201 H967 2011

Copies

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Cancer made me a shallower person : a memoir in comics

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog18384
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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Woman redefined : dignity, beauty, and breast cancer

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog119958
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

Copies

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Chemo and me : my hair loss experience

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog18644
Miller, Tani. Atlanta, GA: American Cancer Society/Health Promotions , 2009.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ200 M651 2009
Availability
5 copies, 5 available
Author
Miller, Tani
Place of Publication
Atlanta, GA
Publisher
American Cancer Society/Health Promotions
Publication Date
2009
Physical Description
1 v. : ill ; 19 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - complications
Beauty
Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects
Breast Neoplasms - therapy
Neoplasms - rehabilitation
Scarves
Hair
Alopecia
Personal Narratives
Pictorial Works
Popular Work
ISBN
9781604430097
1604430095
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ200 M651 2009

Copies

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Marlene's special hair day

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123189
Driscoll, Marlene. [Kelowna, BC]: Self publishing , 2008.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ200 D781 2008
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Driscoll, Marlene
Place of Publication
[Kelowna, BC]
Publisher
Self publishing
Publication Date
2008
Physical Description
19 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Physical Appearance, Body - drug effects
Body Image - psychology
Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects
Hair
Self Care
Personal Narratives
Pictorial Works
Popular Work
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Kelowna Library
Call Number
QZ200 D781 2008

Copies

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Peace begins with me : an inspirational journey to end suffering and restore joy

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21374
Kuntz, Ted. Coquitlam, BC: Ted Kuntz , 2005.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WM425 K97 2005
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Kuntz, Ted
Place of Publication
Coquitlam, BC
Publisher
Ted Kuntz
Publication Date
2005
Physical Description
208 p. ; 19 cm.
Subjects
Self Concept
Happiness
Emotions
Awareness
Adaptation, Psychological
Personal Narratives
Popular Work
ISBN
9780973666908
0973666900
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WM425 K97 2005

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Embroidered cancer comic

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog114764
Shefrin, Sima Elizabeth. London, UK: Singing Dragon , 2016.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WJ762 S542 2016
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Includes content by Bob Bossin and surgeon Dr. Peter Black, Vancouver Prostate Centre.
Author
Shefrin, Sima Elizabeth
Place of Publication
London, UK
Publisher
Singing Dragon
Publication Date
2016
Physical Description
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Prostatic Neoplasms - complications
Prostatic Neoplasms - psychology
Sexual Partners
Sexual Behavior
Adaptation, Psychological
Personal Narratives
Cartoons
Graphic Novels
Pictorial Works
Popular Work
Humor
Abstract
Includes content by Bob Bossin and surgeon Dr. Peter Black, Vancouver Prostate Centre.
ISBN
9781848192898
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WJ762 S542 2016
Website Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Malignant metaphor : confronting cancer myths

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog114394
Mitchell, Alanna. [Toronto, ON]: ECW Press , 2015.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ201 M681 2015
Availability
2 copies, 2 available
Author
Mitchell, Alanna
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
ECW Press
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
207 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - therapy
Neoplasms - psychology
Attitude to Health
Attitude to Death
Emotions
Metaphor
Personal Narratives
Popular Work
ISBN
9781770412682
9781770413894
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
QZ201 M681 2015
Website Notes
This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Breast stories : cancer survivors speak out

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21537
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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Reconstructing Aphrodite

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog15600
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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How I coped when mommy died

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog15432
Blake, Brett Hardy, Hope, Lori. [Boston, MA]: Fanlight Productions , 1999.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
BF575 B636 1999
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Blake, Brett Hardy
Hope, Lori
Place of Publication
[Boston, MA]
Publisher
Fanlight Productions
Publication Date
1999
Physical Description
26 minutes ; booklet
Subjects
Loss - psychology
Death - psychology
Grief
Bereavement
Parent-Child Relations
Adolescent
Child
Personal Narratives
Popular Work
ISBN
1572958308
Language
English
Material Type
Video
DVD
Booklet
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
BF575 B636 1999

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