Cancer Has Its Privileges: Stories of Hope and Laughter

by Christine Clifford

Other authorsJack Lindstrom (Illustrator), Arnold Palmer (Introduction), M.d. Clarence H. Brown Iii (Foreword)
Paperback, 2002

Status

Available

Call number

XXII Cli

Collection

XXII. PERSONAL STORIES

Tags

XXII, PERSONAL STORIES

Publication

Perigee Books (2002), Edition: 1st, 158 pages

Description

Cancer survivor and founder of The Cancer Club®, Christine Clifford has been sharing her inspiring, humorous outlook on living with cancer with thousands of cancer patients and their families. Now she has gathered a collection of battlefield stories and anecdotes from her fellow survivors that go from the outright hilarious to the downright moving, and combined them with her own personal story of triumphant survival.

User reviews

LibraryThing member JenniferRobb
I found this book at a Goodwill Store just after a clear cancer check up and decided to purchase it. The author, herself a cancer survivor, relates that one night, a series of humorous cartoons about cancer came to her. With this book, she not only shares some of those cartoon ideas, but also
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 humorous stories that others have shared with her. Though I didn't find anything "laugh-out-loud-funny" within this book, I did relate to and appreciate the stories that were shared. I thought the section that discussed ways you can help a cancer patient and ways to let others help you if you are the cancer patient to be very well done.
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Language

English

Original language

English

Original publication date

2002

Physical description

158 p.; 5.52 inches

ISBN

0399528725 / 9780399528729

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