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By Dr Peter Whelan

Written by Dr Peter Whelan, one of the world's leading experts on prostrate cancer. Click to learn more about this book.

2P Whe

Year added: 2021

Hope Is Never Lost

By Jaimi V. Aburto

The author’s son is diagnosed at the age of 3 with leukemia and her emotional book recounts the life of the family for the next year and the strength of her son during that time when Covid had hit them as well. Click to learn more about this book.

2C ABU

Year added: 2021

Just Diagnosed Breast Cancer

By Arlene M.Karole

As an American Certified Healthcare Professional the author was a newly diagnosed victim of breast cancer with a background in health information. Click to learn more about this book.

2 B KAR

Year added: 2021

Glittering a Turd

By Kris Hallenga

Glittering a Turd is more than just another cancer memoir; it’s a handbook for living life to the fullest, shining a new perspective on survival and learning to glitter your own turd, whatever it might be. Click to learn more about this book.

9 HAL

Year added: 2021

Stronger than Before

By Alison Porter

It’s a practical handbook to guide you – and your friends and family – through every stage of the illness, from early diagnosis to treatment choices, and ultimately to a life beyond cancer. Click to learn more about this book.

2b POR

Year added: 2021

The Cancer Ladies’ Running Club

By Josie Lloyd

When Keira first receives her breast cancer diagnosis, she doesn’t want to have to tell her family, or step back from work. She doesn’t want to sit in a hospital, or be part of a group of fellow cancer patients. Click to learn more about this book.

10 LLO

Year added: 2021

Between Two Kingdoms: What almost dying taught me about living

By Suleika Jaouad

At just twenty-two, on the cusp of adult life, Suleika Jaouad was diagnosed with leukemia and given a 35 per cent chance of survival. Click to learn more about this book.

9 JAO

Year added: 2021

The Mahogany Pod: a memoir of ends and beginnings

By Jill Hopper

This is a powerful and beautifully written account of the author’s growing relationship with a young man who only had a few months to live. When they first met he had already had Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and was in remission but it soon returned. Click to learn more about this book.

8 HOP

Year added: 2021

Its time you knew: the power of your choice to prevent women’s cancer

By Valena Wright

It is written by a gynaecologic cancer surgeon and comprises the case studies of some 30 women she has treated. Her bottom line is – don’t deny your symptoms, and – don’t tolerate your pain. Click to learn more about this book.

2 WRI

Year added: 2021

The Cancer Misfit: A guide to navigating life after treatment

By Saskia Lightstar

It is not difficult to find helpful advice about dealing with a cancer diagnosis and the subsequent treatment. It is less easy to get support when treatment is over and one is supposed to just get back to normal, whatever that means. Click to learn more about this book.

5 LIG

Year added: 2021

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

By Charlie Mackesy

Charlie Mackesy’s book has sold well over 1,000,000 copies. The conversations between the boy and his animal friends speak so poignantly about the human condition. Click to learn more about this book.

10 MAC

Year added: 2021

A matter of death and life: love, loss and what matters in the end

By Irvin D. Yalom and Marilyn Yalom

Internationally renowned psychiatrist Irvin Yalom had devoted his career to helping patients with their anxiety, grief and depression. Now in his mid-80s he has to face these same emotions when his wife, a feminist author, is diagnosed with cancer. Click to learn more about this book.

8 YAL

Year added: 2021

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