Reconstructing Hope: Intrusions, Oxymorons & Transformations in the Breast Cancer Marathon Author|Julie Dunstan-Brewer ”— Bob Steele cancer survivor

”— Bob Steele cancer survivor

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This was a time in history when flights to the royal capital were by propeller plane and television had not yet come to Ethiopia

Yet each of us has at least some of the answers and by revealing our ideas and experiences we are able to enrich others

Home with her cat sister

Reconstructing Hope: Intrusions, Oxymorons & Transformations in the Breast Cancer Marathon Author|Julie Dunstan-Brewer ”— Bob Steele cancer survivorA breast cancer diagnosis is a most unwelcome intruder in life, one that signals a long marathon of tests, treatments, and emotional stress ahead. With that journey come moments of conflicting anger and triumph, confusion and clarityand it leaves survivors so transformed, they might not even recognize themselves afterward. In Reconstructing Hope, two time survivor Donna Sidwell DeGracia offers support for people living out any phase of their breast