The Best of Us by Joyce Maynard – Trigger Warning

July 03, 2024

I want to make sure several of you know Joyce Maynard’s memoir, The Best of Us, comes with a trigger warning. It’s about a tough battle with pancreatic cancer. I know cancer, and pancreatic cancer may be a rough subject for several of you. Don’t read...

Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron

May 14, 2022

I’m going to be the first one to tell you that Delia Ephron’s memoir Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life is definitely not for everyone. Those of you who watched a loved one suffer from cancer or another long, drawn-out disease will probably not want to...

Photos of You by Tammy Robinson

March 18, 2020

Some readers may think it’s not a good time to read Tammy Robinson’s novel, Photos of You. And, some will say it’s never a good time to read a story about a twenty-eight-year old who learns her cancer has returned, and it’s terminal. Frankly,...

Promise Me, Dad by Joe Biden

November 19, 2017

Cancer is such a pernicious disease. There isn’t one of us who hasn’t been touched by it, or knows someone who has. Joe Biden’s book, Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose, is the story of the year the Biden family stood with...

Something Like Happy by Eva Woods

September 05, 2017

Do you remember the “Hundred Happy Days” project that was popular about three years ago? Now, take one miserable thirty-five-year-old and thrust her into daily contact with another woman determined to celebrate those hundred happy days. That kicks off Eva...