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87) Chasing smoke
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A detective undergoing cancer treatment is brought into an investigation of apparent suicides by other cancer patients, all of whom were being treated by the same doctor -- the same doctor treating him.
89) The mutations
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
"A modern-day Flaubert takes us on a comic tour through a deeply neurotic Mexico City by way of the life of a successful lawyer struck with a rare cancer of the tongue" --
90) Eating Pavlova
Author
Pub. Date
1994.
Edition
First Carroll & Graf edition.
Language
English
Description
The dreams of Freud as he lies dying. In one, he has a vision of an atomic explosion with its huge mushroom. The bomb not yet invented, Freud mistakenly interprets it as a case of nostalgia for a mushroom-gathering outing with his daughter. An occasion for the reader to analyze the analyzer.
Author
Series
Sanctuary Sound volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Peyton Prescott would give anything for the carefree life she knew before breast cancer changed everything. But instead of using her second chance to move forward, she's stuck promoting the memoir her brother convinced her to write, thus reliving the very battle she wants to forget. If she hopes her European book tour will allow her to enjoy revisiting her favorite travel-writing destinations, she's wrong: her PR whiz is too consumed with his own...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Coach Charley Cristo's life is changed forever, not by the cancer that he is battling, but by the letters he receives daily from "the Sender.""--
"Coach Charlie Cristo is battling cancer, but it is years of bitterness and disappointment that are the real enemy. "The Sender's" letters begin to heal his heart even as the chemo is fighting the cancer. Slowly, Charlie's life and the lives of everyone around him change, but will it be enough when the...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Luke Stark, a Special Forces veteran, returns home from his second tour in Afghanistan to learn that his wife has been mysteriously murdered and his son has disappeared. In addition to these tragedies, he also suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as being diagnosed with an incipient form of cancer. Although he lives in a shelter with fellow down-and-outers, he is a sharp-dressed man wearing an impeccable suit and nicknamed The Suited...
95) Before I'm gone
Author
Language
English
Description
"Palmer Sinclair has never needed anyone's help. A successful loan officer, she's all work and no play. But when splitting headaches and blurred vision begin to affect her job, she begrudgingly sees a doctor and receives a diagnosis that leaves her shaken to her core and with little time left. Facing an uncertain future, Palmer makes a bucket list, determined to do the things she'd only dreamed of before she goes. Kent Wagner has dedicated his life...
96) Invincible
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Evie is living on borrowed time. She was diagnosed with terminal cancer several months ago and told that by now she'd be dead. Evie is grateful for every extra day she gets, but she knows that soon this disease will kill her. Until, miraculously, she may have a second chance to live. All Evie had wanted was her life back, but now that she has it, she feels like there's no place for her in it--at least, not for the girl she is now. Her friends and...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"More accurately a love triptych than triangle, The Femme Fatale Hypothesis is the story of one spring in 2015 when three people form intimate bonds forged in the fires of their respective tribulations. As Rose Geddes's lung cancer progresses toward its inexorable end and her husband's ability to care for her diminishes, their widowed neighbor, June Danhill, stumbles into the middle of their intersecting crises. June's only son, daughter-in-law, and...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Darla Manning has survived cancer so she can survive anything--including having to work closely with her ex-husband to help their best friends have an amazing summer wedding in their quaint Victorian beach town. Her cancer is cured, but what remains is a lifetime of tests and follow-ups. While Darla has survived, she's not truly living. Nick Cammareri knows he failed Darla in their marriage, but now he wants to show Darla that he'll be there for...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"It's been thirteen years since doctors declared Libby Ross-Velasquez a goner. Yet here she is--cancer free. So why doesn't she feel more alive? Sure, Libby's husband, Shiloh, has been distant. One of their daughters has a serious health condition. And her father's death hovers over Libby like a rain cloud. Still, this eternal optimist knows she's the winner of the existential lottery. But when her forced cheer isn't enough to keep her family from...
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