Seeing the Crab: A Memoir of Dying

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Summary: A guide to being real with beloveds who have cancer.
Review: By describing her experience with illness so candidly,Middlebrook offers a profound mirror for those of us who havebeloveds with cancer. I was able to see how my dread of this disease, and of my best friend suffering and dying from it, was keeping me from being authentic with her. I recommend this book for anyone who has a loved one on the cancer journey, when you are ready to get real.

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Summary: An eloquent and chilling account of a battle with cancer.
Review: Ms. Middlebrook is told in 1991 that she has Stage IV (terminal) breast cancer.Her memoir spares nothing. She is relentless and graphical in her descriptions of the disease and, most especially, its treatment. The account is powerful and very personal.Not just in the detailing of her experience with the disease and the dramatic and extreme treatments, but also in her sharing of her feelings about her interactions with friends, family members and strangers. Ms Middlebrook's prose is vivid and, I found, often moving. The reader gains a new appreciation for what it is like to come to grips with ones mortality. Despite the seeming grimness of the subject matter, the message is somehow uplifting while being totally honest about the ultimate outcome for the author

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Summary: Seeing the Crab: A Memoir of Dying
Review: This is a wonderful and inspirational book. It follows the story of a woman with cancer. Its a very deep story. The author makes you ask yourself if you can end with cancer. Christina is a very strong and admirable woman. As soon as you read it you will not want to put it down.