Reading and Writing Cancer How Words Heal [Hardcover]

In this ambitious and inspiring book, her discussion--happily, in nonacademic language--combines with up-to-date research confirming that writing heals both mind and body. It adds up to a convincing argument that words heal, and you--even if you haven't written a thing since high school--can tap into the power of words.[Gubar] has spent much of the past decade writing about life with ovarian cancer, having composed a memoir about her experiences and maintained aThe book I wish Id had beside me as I embarked on my own journey through cancer diagnosis and treatment. For, more than any other book Ive read, it helps us understand precisely what it is that writing can help us accomplish during the most difficult time of our lives, and&understand that we are not alone.This isSusan Gubar has given us a wonderful tour of cancer through the written word. There is something for everyone from the newly diagnosed wanting an outlet to understand their disease to the scholar looking for a summary of cancer writing, to the blogger! Should be required reading for all doctors and patients!Beyond surviving, the greatest challenge after a cancer diagnosis is learning how to live as fully as possible. Gubars book shows us how reading and writing about living with cancer can help.An important addition to theliterature of cancer by an award-winningscholar and memoirist.