Picking Up the Pieces
Moving Forward After Surviving Cancer
by Sherri Magge, PhD and Kathy Scalzo, MSOD
1-55192-901-5
CDN $24.95 paper
Raincoast
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Simon Sutcliffe, clinical oncologist and President, BC Cancer Agency
“Early in my career as an oncologist, I would enthusiastically proclaim ‘your cancer is controlled. You’re back to normal.’ My patients oriented me to the understanding that
you never return to the ‘old normal’ after cancer, and that healing is about creating the 'new normal.' Magee and Scalzo provide essential directions for navigating the course
between the old and the new normal, and for living well after cancer.”
James S. Gordon, M.D., Founder and Director, Center for Mind-Body Medicine, co-author of
Comprehensive Cancer Care: Integrating Complementary and Conventional Therapies
“This is a book of deep experience. The survivors’ voices are wise and inspiring. The advice is practical, sensible and supportive. Give it to anyone you know who has cancer. Buy it for yourself.”
William Bridges, author of The Way of Transition: Embracing Life’s Most Difficult Moments
“It isn’t surprising that cancer changes you. But few survivors are ready to let go of who they were, or to deal with the ambiguities of the ‘nowhere’ they find themselves in.
This is a valuable aid for anyone who is dealing with the process that goes by the misleadingly simple name of ‘recovery’.”
Christopher G. Worley, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Center for Effective Organizations, Marshall School of Business,
University of Southern California
“Transitions – whether they are personal, professional or organizational – are harder than anyone ever imagines. In the case of cancer, the transitions come at you one wave after another.
Integrating the best of medicine, psychology and our understanding of change, Scalzo and Magee lay out a clear path of physical, emotional, spiritual and social renewal. I’m recommending it to my family members facing the void.”
Preston Manning, Former Leader of the Official Opposition and cancer survivor
“As a cancer survivor, I have experienced many of the uncertainties and emotions that Magee and Scalzo describe so well. I highly recommend their book and their helpful strategies for coping, not only to cancer survivors, but to the families, friends,
and care givers of those endeavouring to ‘pick up the pieces’.”
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