false 3330621 1 <DIV>Gail Konop Baker was a runner, yoga practitioner, doctor&#8217;s wife, and lifelong subscriber to <I>Prevention</I> magazine. As her 46th birthday approached, she looked forward to a time when she could finally take a deep breath&#8212;with her oldest daughter preparing for college, her youngest one a high school sophomore, and her son growing into a mature fourth grader. Then, right before Valentine&#8217;s Day 2006, she heard the words that would forever change her life: &#8220;Just to be safe, I think we should biopsy.&#8221; <P>It was the beginning of her year-long battle with breast cancer and its fallout&#8212;a battle that would upstage any midlife crisis she&#8217;d worried was waiting in the wings. As she writes, &#8220;I wanted to be feeling bad about my neck; instead I was feeling bad I wouldn&#8217;t live long enough to feel bad about it.&#8221; Based on her popular <I>Literary Mama</I> column, <I>Cancer Is a Bitch</I> is the author&#8217;s raw, moving account of juggling midlife, motherhood, and marriage with a rogue boob&#8212;and, ultimately, triumphing.</DIV> 3368631 8 9 2008 Cancer Is a Bitch: (Or, I'd Rather Be Having a Midlife Crisis) total:44|5:18|4:14|3:10|2:2|1:0| 44 180 94 17 4 1 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 05:41:24 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 05:49:31 -0800 2008 http://wordstomouth.com/?p=268

There you'll find both an audio and written interview. Read the book and share your thoughts--if you are a cancer survivor, please feel free to post your story in the comment section under the interview. I so ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 18:58:16 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 18:58:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 06:29:30 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 11:32:13 -0700 2009
This book is much more about Gail Konop Baker's midlife crisis than about her experience with breast cancer. Is the book searingly honest and real? Definitely...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 21:55:26 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 19:49:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 01 17:07:40 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 09:11:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 00:15:30 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 00:18:19 -0800 2008
And working on the interview with Gail was fun, too.

Please go to Emerge - New Authors for full transcript.

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