PERFECT TIMING - Recollections of coping with cancer during a pandemic

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<p>This book is an <strong>educational, entertaining, and highly personal memoir</strong> written during a <strong>global pandemic</strong>. It provides an insightful snapshot of the occasionally bumpy yet spiritually transformative <strong>cancer journey</strong> of a middle-aged, immigrant, and non-partnered academic living in a sunny Canadian prairie province.</p><p>It will be of<strong> interest</strong> to anyone who: 1) is or has been on the <strong>cancer continuum</strong> as a patient, caregiver, family member, or friend; 2) is or strives to be a <strong>health professional</strong> (oncologist, GP, nurse, social worker, pharmacist, physio- or exercise therapist, etc.); 3) is an administrator, instructor, teaching assistant, or student at a <strong>post-secondary institution</strong> interested in health sciences, English literature (memoir writing, creative non-fiction, and narratives of illness), Women’s and Gender Studies, Spirituality Studies, Religious Studies, and the Fine Arts; 4) <strong>fellow authors</strong> and/or readers who like to give writers from the <strong>Canadian prairies</strong> a chance.</p><p>The<strong> Appendix</strong> includes “<strong>Leading Reading Questions</strong>” meant to increase everyone’s reading experience and lighten the load of fellow university professors who wish to adopt this book, or part of this book, for a class.</p> This book is an educational, entertaining, and highly personal memoir written during a global pandemic. It provides an insightful snapshot of the occasionally bumpy yet spiritually transformative cancer journey of a middle-aged, immigrant, and non-partnered academic living in a sunny Canadian prairie province.

subjects: Coping with cancer,  Memoirs,  Chemotherapy,  Menopause,  Autobiography: religious and spiritual,  Music: styles and genres,  Educational: music,  Educational: humanities and social sciences, general,  Educational: personal and health education,  Nuclear chemistry, photochemistry and radiation,  Relationships: friends / peer groups,  Textbook, coursework,  Gender studies: women and girls,  Health, relationships and personal development,  Self-help, personal development and practical advice,  Germany,  Primary care medicine, primary health care,  Traditional medicine and herbal remedies,  Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization,  Exercise and workouts,  Narrative theme: identity / belonging,  Cancer,  Illness narrative,  Memoir,  Personal transformation,  Spiritual journey,  Women's health,  Humor,  Saskatchewan,  Canada