Now available
Heartsongs in the Key of C
Women Writing About Breast Cancer
276pp, 185 x 130mm;
Hard cover, ISBN 09775529 0 X
$24.95
In 2003 women who had been affected by a diagnosis of breast cancer met in workshops around Victoria to write about that experience. They had only one thing in common - they lived in rural Victoria.
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'Others, they don't know how to cope with me. They're more upset by it all. If only they could understand ... That I am still me. That I'm alive and I'm okay.'
Beris Porter, I'm alive
'I am standing in my bathroom and the mirror is above me ... I look at the face of a stranger and I hate her ... We are still laughing, and he tells me I look beautiful.'
Nance Friswell, And he tells me I look beautiful?
This collection of their writing, Heartsongs records the joys and sorrows, the struggles, losses and achievements of ordinary women confronting an extraordinary challenge. Of interest to anyone coping with breast cancer or affected by the breast cancer diagnosis of someone they care about, Heartsongs will also resonate with anyone who has confronted uncertainty and adversity. The 48 contributors to Heartsongs offer us a moving collection of writing about life.
'Coaches surround me: doctors, surgeons, breast care nurses, oncologists, and radiologists. Ready to help me cross the line. Encouraging me all the time. My sport is my life. My challenge is cancer.'Lil McKean, Breast cancer athlete
Writers
- Faye Arthur
- Christine Ashurst
- Cyndie Bignell
- Heather Bills
- Josè Breust
- Margaret Brewer
- Heather Chapple
- Lyn Clarke
- Glenice Collins
- Anne Coulson
- Deb Craig
- Marilyn Cuff
- Christine Dahlenburg
- Lois Demayo
- Betty Dennis
- Sharyn Dickeson
- Sally Field
- Nance Friswell
- Christine Gillespie
- Lee-anne Hazeldene
- Jo Inglis
- Carolyn Johnson
- Diana Johnston
- Marion Lynch
- Norma McIntosh
- Lil McKean
- Dee McKerral
- Kay Macmeikan
- Pauline Muller
- Jan Murray
- Helen Nicholas
- Marlene Parsons
- Enid Philip
- Beris Porter
- Doreen Prout
- Glenyss Ruff
- Jo Ruff
- Yvonne Sargeson
- Gael Schmidt
- Kathleen Semmler
- Judy Shepherdson
- Marilyn Spikin
- Sascha Vanderslik
- Angela Verde
- Lou Versteegen
- Mary Watt
- Tanya Wilson