Terrible, la radiothérapie ? Et si on en riait ? Février 2017, dans le bureau d'un neurologue de l'hôpital Notre-Dame, on m'annonce que j'ai une tumeur à l'hypophyse. 19 juin, l'opération est réussie...
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- Auteur:Blais, OlivierSommaire:
- Auteur:Pierrette DotriceSommaire:
Après ses aventures colorées au pays des loups spirituels, Chaperon Roux entreprend, à présent, le plus exquis, et aussi et le plus éprouvant des voyages: la découverte de sa féminité. D'abord garçon manqué, puis petite...
- Auteur:Pierrette DotriceSommaire:
Les vices d'une société matérialiste sévissent plus encore, et pernicieusement, dans les milieux du nouvel âge, qui prolifèrent aujourd'hui. Car un dogme, c'est connu, attire son contraire. L'histoire des...
- Auteur:Réhel, Jean-ChristopheSommaire:
La route est longue d'un sous-sol de Repentigny jusqu'à la planète Tatouine. Surtout si l'on passe par le Super C, Central Park et le seizième étage du CHUM. Mais, pour l'esprit obsessif, rêveur et...
- Auteur:Melton, Glennon DoyleSommaire:
Glennon Melton believes that by shedding our weapons and armor, we can stop hiding, competing, striving for the mirage of perfection, and ultimately build a better life in our hearts, homes, and communities. Readers will find a wise and...
- Auteur:Isaka, KōtarōSommaire:
Nanao boards a bullet train with one simple task: grab a suitcase and get off at the next stop. When he realizes four other assassins are on board, he realizes their missions are not as unrelated as they first appear.
- Auteur:Gobeil, BethSommaire:
A mother's story. A son's story. Poems that touch us. Breathing Room, by Beth Gobeil narrates a difficult story; a mother's journey, beginning at the point her son is diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. Saskatchewan poet, Beth Gobeil,...
- Auteur:Johanne LavoieSommaire:
Borderline mais pas folle, c'est mon histoire. C'est celle d'une fille qui en a eu assez de broyer du noir et d'avoir toujours mal à l'âme, d'être sans cesse à la limite entre vivre et mourir, de se...
- Auteur:Cohen RichardSommaire:
- Auteur:Sala, SharonSommaire:
When a teen boy goes missing while camping with his buddies in the Chisos Mountains, the case is right up PI Charlie Dodge's alley. Unfortunately, trouble seems to be equally good at finding him.
- Auteur:Venema, Kathleen RebeccaSommaire:
Bird-Bent Grass chronicles an extraordinary mother–daughter relationship that spans distance, time, and, eventually, debilitating illness. Personal, familial, and political narratives unfold through the letters that Geeske Venema-de...
- Auteur:Martin, DanielleSommaire:
An important check-up on our health-care system--and what urgently needs fixing--from a respected doctor and passionate Medicare advocate. Dr. Danielle Martin sees the cracks and challenges in our health-care system every day. Much like...
- Auteur:Roby, Kimberla LawsonSommaire:
Celine's marriage is at a crossroads when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. As her relationship deteriorates and Celine worries that she'll be left to endure cancer treatment alone, comfort and support come in the form of her best...
- Auteur:DeWoskin, RachelSommaire:
Samantha Baxter has a full, sane life--creative job, lovely family, and all the trappings of middle-age happiness. But when she gets a diagnosis that terrifies her, a lifetime of polite pleasing and putting others first ignites in her a...
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In its fusion of essays and artwork, Art-Medicine Collaborative Practice helps readers understand the lived realities of individuals with head and neck cancer. Featuring compelling original art from Ingrid Bachmann, Sean Caulfield, Jude...
- Auteur:Richtel, MattSommaire:
A cancer patient risen from the grave, an HIV patient considered a medical marvel, two "invisible" women suffering the frustration and pain of autoimmunity. Matt Richtel uses the stories of these four people to tell the...
- Auteur:Hay, ElizabethSommaire:
Jean and Gordon Hay were a formidable pair. She was an artist and superlatively frugal; he was a proud and well-mannered schoolteacher with a temper that could be explosive. Elizabeth, their oldest daughter, was said to be a difficult...
- Auteur:Kuchinka, JenniferSommaire:
Jennifer Kuchinka was a new mother in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada, struggling with postpartum depression when she ran out of the hospital, onto the highway, and was hit by a tractor-trailer truck. Jennifer survived that harrowing...
- Auteur:Yalom, Marilyn, Yalom, Irvin D.Sommaire:
Psychiatrist and grief counselor Irvin Yalom and his wife, feminist author Marilyn Yalom, share their experience after her terminal diagnosis as they reflect on how to love and live without regret.
- Auteur:Gray, SarahSommaire:
After donating her newborn son's remains to science, Sarah Gray goes behind-the-scenes to see how Thomas' donation was used, and retells her experiences finding solace and understanding in the face of tragedy.