Ernie Johnson Jr. has been in the game a long time. With one of the most recognized voices in sports broadcasting, he is a tireless perfectionist when it comes to preparing and delivering his commentary. Yet he knows that some of sports...
Cancer--Patients
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Author:Johnson Jr., ErnieSummary: -
Author:Skuy, DavidSummary:Cody is no longer the kid with cancer, or the soccer player always sitting on the bench as a substitute. But just when he is getting used to being the striker on the Lions soccer team, as well as being friends with his teammates and a...
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Author:Garner, HelenSummary:Winner of several prestigious prizes, The Spare Room is extraordinary writer Helen Garner's intense, moving investigation of the boundaries and limits of a lifelong friendship.As the novel opens, Helen lovingly prepares the spare room...
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Author:Cassidy, Sara, Chua, CharleneSummary:Filip, the ten-year-old son of Croatian immigrants, lives in a boring suburb of the big city, where he passes his time either at school or in his cozy kitchen, googling everything from dinosaurs to the Hubble Space Telescope. When his...
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It's Holy Week in the small town of Las Penas, New Mexico, and thirty-three-year-old unemployed Amadeo Padilla has been given the part of Jesus in the Good Friday procession. He is preparing feverishly for this role when his...
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Author:Rosser, Susan, Smith, Charlie, Schaefer, TrevorSummary:The Boy on the Lake is the inspirational story of how one teenager faced down two bullies: brain cancer and an emotionally abusive father. Born into a family of professional baseball and big macs, his courageous journey leads him from a...
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Author:Gendreau, Vickie, Wall, AimeeSummary:On June 6, 2012, Vickie Gendreau was diagnosed with a brain tumour. In between treatments, between hospital stays and her "room of her own," she wrote Testament, an autofictional novel in which she imagines her death and at the same...
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Author:Hrdlitschka, ShelleySummary:Unable to attend school while she battles cancer, fifteen-year-old Kaleigh Wyse tries to complete her classes online by correspondence. Developing a science project on astrology, Kaleigh enlists other online learners as study...
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Author:Lawrence, KatherineSummary:Millie is eleven (going on twelve) and enjoys doing what kids usually like to do: riding her bike and dreaming of the day she can convince her family to get a dog. She also writes in her diary daily. But instead of writing to herself,...
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Author:Frey, CeceliaSummary:Manfred Weiszl who lies dying of cancer in an upper room of a grand old Toronto house. The action of the novel is precipitated when Manfred wishes to see Rupert his son before he dies and Rupert refuses to cooperate. However, ...
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Author:Boston, SarahSummary:Lucky Dog is a hilarious and heartwarming memoir by a renowned veterinary oncologist who tells us what we can learn about health care and ourselves from our most beloved pets.What happens when a veterinary surgical oncologist (laymen’s...
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Author:Trottier, MaxineSummary:Ce livre, créé en collaboration avec la famille de Terry Fox et la fondation portant son nom, est la première biographie autorisée de Terry Fox écrite pour les jeunes.
On y raconte la jeunesse de Terry Fox, son amour du sport, l'...
- Author:Léveillé, AlainSummary:
Apprendre qu'on est atteint du cancer est dévastateur. Il n'y a rien de plus déroutant que de se regarder dans le miroir et de ne pas comprendre ce qui a soudain changé en nous. On doit se battre à mains nues et sans arme...
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Author:Bluman, Barbara RuthSummary:This Holocaust memoir crosses generations. In I Have My Mother’s Eyes, Barbara Ruth Bluman chronicles her mother’s dramatic journey from Nazi-occupied Poland to western British Columbia, where her legacy lives on. Bluman sets an urgent...
- Author:Fisher, Eva HagbergSummary:
A luminous memoir about how friendship saved one woman's life, for anyone who has loved a friend who was sick, grieving, or lost-and for anyone who has struggled to seek help or accept it.Eva Hagberg Fisher spent her lonely youth...
- Author:Olczyk, EddieSummary:
Eddie Olczyk had built a life and career most people could only dream of. Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, he fell in love with the game of hockey during an era when most kids preferred balls to pucks. Against all odds, he played...
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Author:Peterson, SJDSummary:Sequel to 'Ty's Obsession' John Price and Conner Burnett have been part of the Whispering Pines Ranch for the past 37 years. A loving couple who have overcome every obstacle thrown at them, John and Conner are a testament to the...
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Author:O'Brien, Joyce, Siegel, BernieSummary:Life is good for Joyce and Kevin—traveling, having fun with friends, holding down a successful Wall Street career, building their dream home and planning a big family. Then, in what feels like an instant, the young couple’s dream life...
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Author:Huber, Joy, Huber, SusieSummary:Readers will be drawn in by the personal details shared in the true inspiring story of Joy Huber, Author & Stage Four Cancer Survivor (in her 30’s). They will be encouraged as they recognize early on in their battle they have a...
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Author:Lendrum, BonnieSummary:Families who would want to honour a parent’s request to not die in hospital, encounter obstacles that can defeat even accomplished health professionals. Autumns’ Grace is a story that spans a ten-month period as the Campbell...
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