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Summary: ONLY WHEN I SLEEP
Review: A VERY MOVING AND SAD BOOK BUT ALSO TELLS OF THE LOVE AND LIFE OF A COURAGES YOUNG WOMEN AND HER FAMILY A MUST READ FOR ALL.
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Summary: Definitely Helpful
Review: I like Sade T. found this book to be helpful in understanding what my friends and family have been going through and can only hope that it will lead to more compassion as we all conitune on our journey. I have five friends who had/have cancer before they were 28. Reading Lisa's book really helped to ease the anger of seeing people being sick so young and put the focus back onto faith.Lisa you have inspired me to give something back. I am forming a team for our local "Relay for Life 2000" team event to fight cancer. This is a major fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. I encourage other supporters and survivors to look for an event in their area. We all face challenges in our lives, some more difficult than others, but with courage, hope and faith we can all become a little better because of them. Lisa proved that in her book. Read it and see what it can do to help you.
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Summary: Definitely Helpful
Review: I like Sade T. found this book to be helpful in understanding what my friends and family have been going through and can only hope that it will lead to more compassion as we all conitune on our journey. I have five friends who had/have cancer before they were 28. Reading Lisa's book really helped to ease the anger of seeing people being sick so young and put the focus back onto faith. Lisa you have inspired me to give something back. I am forming a team for our local "Relay for Life 2000" team event to fight cancer. This is a major fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. I encourage other supporters and survivors to look for an event in their area. We all face challenges in our lives, some more difficult than others, but with courage, hope and faith we can all become a little better because of them. Lisa proved that in her book. Read it and see what it can do to help you.
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Summary: You won't be the same, you will cry tears of pain and joy.
Review: I still have the red 6" scar on my back reminding me of how just six weeks ago the surgeon removed a large piece of my back which contained the remaining parts of malignant melanoma. When the doctor told me I had cancer, I just went numb. How could that be? I am young, I am a mom, I have so much more I want to do with my life. Cancer doesn't care about any of that, it doesn't pick and choose, and when it chooses you, your life will never be the same. This book is for anyone who has had cancer, has it now, or knows of someone who has had it or is going through it now. You literally feel as though you are in the treatment room with her and going through not only her pain, but her families pain as well. You will cry tears of pain for what she must endure, and thank God that it isn't you. You will cry tears of joy for her when she beats it. Cancer affects not only the person whose body it has invaded, but also their family and friends. I see things differently now, and this book will open your eyes up too. It will make your realize how precious life is, and that you should live it to the fullest each and everyday and thank God for the little things in life. I thank her for being able to share her experience with us in hopes of helping others deal with the experience.
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Summary: Courage and love
Review: Lisa Shaw-Brawley's newly released book "Only When I sleep....My family's journey through Cancer" is a tearful and heart warming look at a family's struggle and challenge as they all face cancer. As a breast cancer survivor this book speaks realistically to the many layers a person experiences when dealing with this disease. Cancer does not just affect the patient, it's effects run through family, friends and those aquatinted with the person. Information and education will assist a person in the struggle which must be faced when hearing the words, "You have cancer". Lisa's book addresses the fear, challenges, and medical procedures which she faced and how she and her family survived. The joy is in the ending, but you'll have to read the book to receive that blessing.
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Summary: Courageous..Loving..From the heart!
Review: Lisa Shaw-Brawley's newly released book "Only When I sleep....My family's journey through Cancer" is a tearful and heart warming look at a family's struggle and challenge as they all face cancer. As a breast cancer survivor this book speaks realistically to the many layers a person experiences when dealing with this disease. Cancer does not just affect the patient, it's effects run through family, friends and those aquatinted with the person. Information and education will assist a person in the struggle which must be faced when hearing the words, "You have cancer". Lisa's book addresses the fear, challenges, and medical procedures which she faced and how she and her family survived. The joy is in the ending, but you'll have to read the book to receive that blessing.
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Summary: Lisa Shaw-Brawley is honest and direct.
Review: One word...amazing! I have not had cancer myself, however I have many friends and family members who have both won their battle with cancer and some that have lost. I thought I understood what they were going through, not until I read Lisa Shaw-Brawley's book did I realize just how little I knew about their struggles. I found this book educational and surprisingly, though I never thought I would describe a book on cancer as such, but also a love story. For such a young woman, being diagnosed with Hodgkin's, Lisa at only 24 is a very centered and determined young woman. In the very early stages of her treatment she made choices about her journey through cancer that meant the difference between living and dying. With determination to fight her way back to a body free of cancer, along the way Lisa helped those around her deal with all of their confusion and fear of a disease that came into their lives with a thunder and changed them forever. Have faith in God, trust in your doctors, love and support from family and friend and a will to survive, is what Lisa said got her through to where she is today. I cried for her and rejoiced for her and along the way was lost in this book that I could not put down. I have a greater understanding and admiration for what my friends and family members went through because of "Only When I Sleep". Thank you Lisa for writing this book.
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Summary: Superbly written, presented, and inspiring biography.
Review: Only When I Sleep: My Family's Journey Through Cancer is an intensely personal, candid, and compelling account of then 24-year-old Lisa Shaw-Brawley's battle to overcome Hodgkin's disease and give birth to a child. This superbly written and presented biographical account is an inspiring testament to the human spirit in overcoming adversity and striving for a dream against all the odds. Highly recommended reading.
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Summary: Superbly written, presented, and inspiring biography.
Review: Only When I Sleep: My Family's Journey Through Cancer is an intensely personal, candid, and compelling account of then 24-year-old Lisa Shaw-Brawley's battle to overcome Hodgkin's disease and give birth to a child. This superbly written and presented biographical account is an inspiring testament to the human spirit in overcoming adversity and striving for a dream against all the odds. Highly recommended reading.
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Summary: Love conquers all.
Review: This book is an enlightening experience into a world that I knew virtually nothing about. I have never had to deal with Cancer in a personal way, but I feel better equipped to do so if needed. This book will be an inspiration to those who have had to deal with this in their lives or who are going through it now. But for those of us who never have, it can help us to be more compassionate to those that need us to be. This is not merely a story of survival, but even more so, a story of love. No matter what we or a loved one may go through, we need our family. Lisa was able to go through everything she did with the love and support of her family. Love really does conquer all.
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