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Will Schwalbe
(53,633)
Summary: The inspiring story of a son and his dying mother, who form a "book club" that brings them together as her life comes to a close.
BOOK
Call #: 616.994 SCH
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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by
Will Schwalbe (read by Jeff Harding)
(53,633)
Summary: The inspiring story of a son and his dying mother, who form a "book club" that brings them together as her life comes to a close.
AUDIOBOOK
Call #: CD BOOK 616.994 SCH
Location: Adult CD Books Nonfiction
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Rob Rufus
(391)
Summary: Part memoir, part love song, and part tale about overcoming the odds, this is not a cancer story but an account of a teenager's life becoming derailed and the one thing that helped him pull it back...
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Call #: B RUFUS
Location: Adult Biographies
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Amy Robach
(807)
Summary: "In this very personal book, Good Morning America anchor Amy Robach retraces the 12 months following her breast cancer diagnosis in October 2013, revealing details about her on-air mammogram on GMA,...
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Call #: B ROBACH
Location: Adult Biographies
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Esther Earl
(15,982)
Summary: "A memoir told through the journals, letters, and stories of young cancer patient Esther Earl."-- Provided by publisher.
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Call #: B EARL YA
Location: YA Biographies
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Lee Lipsenthal
(1,125)
Summary: Distills everything that Lee Lipsenthal, diagnosed with terminal cancer in his early fifties, learned about finding meaning, purpose, and peace in our lives.
BOOK
Call #: 362.196 LIP
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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Rebecca Skloot (read by Cassandra Campbell)
(695,310)
Summary: Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such...
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AUDIOBOOK
Call #: CD BOOK 616.027 SKL
Location: Adult CD Books Nonfiction
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Rebecca Skloot
(695,319)
Summary: Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine....
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BOOK
Call #: 616.027 SKL
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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by
Kara Tippetts
(3,046)
Summary: "Kara Tippetts knows the ordinary days of mothering four kids, the joy of watching her children grow...and the devastating reality of stage IV cancer. In The Hardest Peace, Kara doesn't offer...
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Call #: 248.843 TIP
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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by
Rory Lee Feek
(4,007)
Summary: Singer Joey Martin and her songwriter husband Rory Feek were enjoying a steadily growing fan base in country music and a baby daughter when Joey was diagnosed with a rapidly spreading cancer. Rory...
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Call #: B FEEK
Location: Adult Biographies
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