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Saving Jack: A Man's Struggle With Breast Cancer | 
| Author: Jack Willis Creator: Alan B., M.d. Hollingsworth Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3 reviews Sales Rank: 298125
Media: Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 187 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5 Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0806138955 Dewey Decimal Number: 362.196994490092 EAN: 9780806138954 ASIN: 0806138955
Publication Date: May 30, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: Brand new. No marks, not ex-library. Quick shipping from a highly rated seller.
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| Editorial Reviews:
Book Description It isn't just a woman's disease: few men stop to consider it, but one in a thousand males contracts breast cancer. Saving Jack is a moving first-person account of a man's experience with breast cancer. In a tale of challenge and adversity, Jack Willis relates his personal experience, from first feeling a pea-sized nodule in his breast to being diagnosed, from mastectomy and chemotherapy treatments to positive prognosis. And in telling candidly of his struggles, he conveys his renewed appreciation of life. While there is no shortage of books devoted to helping women with breast cancer, this is the first to address the apprehensions faced by men who contract the disease. As he describes the physical and emotional roller coaster on which he suddenly found himself, Willis shares with readers--especially other new cancer victims--some of the things he and his family didn't know about cancer when he was diagnosed. In a compelling story of faith, fear, and sometimes just getting through one long day of chemo, Willis shows that cancer is a family disease, affecting spouses and children as well as victims. For anyone whose family has been devastated by this frightening diagnosis, Saving Jack offers a ray of hope--and for men who face this unexpected disease, it offers a much needed source of strength.
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A True Comfort June 4, 2008 Saving Jack is THE book to read if you or a loved one has cancer. Although it covers the author's personal experience with one type of cancer, breast cancer in a male of all things, the lessons learned are invaluable. It is a personal, first person account by a brilliant, funny and often poignant man who takes you on the roller coaster of the cancer patient's inner world. This is an excellent read for those who treat cancer patients and their families. This book is engaging from beginning to end, and I too, read it straight through! It is the best book of this area for demystifying some very scary issues on a personal level. If life hands you lemons, this is the gourmet recipe for lemonade. This book had an unexpected effect on this reviewer on the most visceral level. It was comforting. Never saw that coming.
A book for anyone who loves someone who has or has had cancer April 19, 2008 This is a heartfelt book. The author takes the reader along on his journey in dealing with a disease that many people do not think men can get. From finding the tumor to a missed diagnosis through a mastectomy and chemo therpay. Jack Willis is able to draw you in with his funny and warm writing to feeling that you actually know him and his family. He does a great job of including his family and thier struggle in dealing with a loved one going through cancer. It is a must read for anyone who has had cancer and anyone who has loved someone with cancer.
Inspiring, Moving and ultimately charming March 30, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Jack Willis was my instructor and adviser for five years in Oklahoma and I was there through his ordeal with cancer. This book is the perfect mix of journalistic reporting, along with the charm of a memoir. Mr. Willis is sweet, sad, yet funny throughout the chronicles of his battle with cancer. Throughout his turmoil, he managed to produce several top notch journalists, and reading this book reminded me why he was the amazing teacher and friend that he is. I started the book one night and finished the entire thing- you simply can't put it down. Every page is heartfelt and the writing and editing is as strong as I've seen in any book.
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