I need some help finding a good book about...?

...something related to cancer. I have to write a book report for a Civic Internship class that is about my internship (i'm interning at a place that provides free support and services to those afflicted with breast and ovarian cancer and their loved ones). Any suggestions? I would prefer to not cry my eyes out the entire duration of the book.





many thanks!

I need some help finding a good book about...?
Gilda Radner's It's Always Something. Beyond amazing. Sad, but funny. It IS Gilda Radner, after all!
Reply:fiction? the only book I've ever read about someone with cancer was called Angels Watching Over Me by Lurlene Mcdaniel. A 16 year old finds out she has bone cancer and befriends an amish family while staying at the hospital.
Reply:My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult


Evening by Susan Minot


Cancer Ward by ALeksandr Solzhenitsyn
Reply:I came across a book tonight called The Staircase Letters. I didnt get very far in it since i only skimmed it briefly but it waht i read was so touching. Its the story of the cancer that affected two friends of the author Arthur Moyter- and himself. (the two friends being Carol Sheilds, the other a former student of his) Between his writing and the letters between the three friends, we follow their stories of friendship while they face the ends of their lives.





heres the synopsis i found at random house. im going tomorrow to buy it and it isnt a very long read. i hope this helps and goodluck with your report...





When Elma Gerwin found out in 2001 at the age of 61 that she had cancer, she reached out to two coasts and to two old friends. One was Arthur Motyer, novelist and teacher, and Elma’s university professor from forty years before, and the other was acclaimed novelist Carol Shields, who was facing her own battle with cancer.





Years later, Arthur is the only survivor. Still contemplating how Elma’s and Carol’s correspondence affected him, he has gracefully brought the letters together and interspersed them with literary references and poetry. As both women’s illnesses progress, they compare notes on the ups and downs of living with cancer–the joy when Elma is told one area is cancer-free, followed quickly by the terrible news that the cancer has spread; the delight in having family near, while the thought of saying goodbye seems impossible. The advice they give each other–from how to approach treatments to how to get to sleep at night–is heartfelt, warm and often leavened with humour.





As Carol and Elma contemplate what happiness is and how one makes a “good death,” 74-year-old Arthur, feeling inadequate in the face of such fundamental questions, discovers that he is exactly where he should be. In The Staircase Letters, the reader catches a rare and touching glimpse of the lives of three extraordinary people–two facing death and one left behind.