Mary Olsen Kelly

I read this and found it mostly pablum. I think there are far better cancer books out there. Read Lance Armstrong's Not About the Bike or Cheryl Swanson's Busting Loose, which is also pretty gripping. (Even read Suzanne Sommers' latest--for interesting information about holistic medicine and because she's a spit in your eye type gal.)

Chicken Soup was so sanitized--doesn't talk about death, extreme pain, family members who sabotage you, and doctors who don't give a proverbial you know what. Now, those are the real problems we face with cancer, not these lukewarm stories and bromides.… (meer)