Beat breast cancer like a boss 30 powerful stories
Book - 2020
"Edie Falco, Sheryl Crow, Athena Jones, Heidi Heitkamp, and an inspiring array of other breast cancer survivors and 'previvors' lend their voices to this collection of powerful stories. Drawing from first-hand interviews of successful, high-profile women from myriad industries and perspectives, award-winning journalist Ali Rogin brings together an all-star support and recovery team to inspire anyone confronting a cancer diagnosis, along with their loved ones. Learn how preeminent actresses, musicians, politicians, journalists, and entrepreneurs faced a formidable disease and put it in its place. In their own words, the women of Beat Breast Cancer Like a Boss inform and encourage by sharing their experiences and advice: how th...ey told loved ones about their diagnoses, navigated treatment options, and managed the work/life/cancer balance. Rogin, too, faced great uncertainty when she tested positively for the BRCA1 genetic mutation at age twenty. She found answers in the vibrant community of breast cancer survivors and 'previvors' who also stared down the odds. With her brave decision to undergo a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy before even graduating college, Rogin joined this diverse sisterhood of women confronting breast cancer in its many forms with dignity, strength, and humor"--Amazon.com.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Anecdotes
Biographies - Published
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[New York] :
Diversion Books
2020.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First Diversion Books edition
- Item Description
- Cover title.
- Physical Description
- xvii, 260 pages ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781635767131
- Preface
- Introduction; Cokie's Story
- I. The Creatives
- How artistic expression can help the healing
- Sheryl Crow, musician
- Barbara Delinsky, author
- Feature: Kara DioGuardi on BRCA, IVF, and Being Proactive about Your Health
- Edie Falco, actress
- Jill Kargman, actress, writer
- Maggie Kudirka, ballerina
- Jaclyn Smith, actress
- Sarah Susanka, architect and author
- II. The Executives
- Battling breast cancer while in the boardroom
- Chris-Tia Donaldson, Founder/CEO, Thank God It's Natural hair and skin care
- Feature: The Pink Fund
- Shauna Martin, Founder/CEO, Daily Greens
- Zola Mashariki, former Executive VP, BET
- Kathy Matsui, Chief Japan Strategist, Goldman Sachs
- Mary Powell, Former President/CEO, Green Mountain Power
- III. The Champions
- How a top coach and an Olympian dealt with diagnoses
- Valorie Kondos Field, former USC gymnastics coach
- Kikkan Randall, Olympic gold medalist, cross-country skiing
- IV. The Leaders
- Fighting cancer on the campaign trail, on the Hill, and in the White House
- Pamela Carter, former attorney general, Indiana
- Christine Gregoire, former governor, Washington
- Heidi Heitkamp, former U.S. Senator, North Dakota
- Feature: Ann M. Veneman on the Power of "Going Public"
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz, U.S. Representative, Florida
- Feature: The EARLY Act
- V. The Communicators
- When the biggest story of your career is your own
- Jennifer Griffin. Pentagon correspondent, FOX News
- Athena Jones, correspondent, CNN
- Joan Lunden, former host, Good Morning America
- Gerri Willis, correspondent, FOX Business
- VII. The Healers
- Breast cancer survivors who've devoted their lives to helping others
- Dr. Kimberly Allison, Director of Breast Pathology, Stanford University
- Geeta Rao Gupta, Senior Fellow, United Nations Foundation
- Feature: Ellen Noghès & Sally Oren on Creating a Cancer Sisterhood
- Dr. Marisa Weiss. Founder, Breastcancer.org
- Notes
- Resources
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Author