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Books
The range of reading material available to those
dealing with cancer has grown exponentially in the past few decades.
Here you will find books that have been reviewed by the Innisfree
Cancer Help staff, and suggested by the Innisfree community in New Hampshire.
Medical professionals, cancer survivors, and others dealing with
cancer have recommended these books as being particularly helpful to
them. If you would like to suggest that a book be added to our list,
please contact us.
You may search our recommended reading list by category, or browse
the entire list.
Most books are available through local retail outlets, or can be
ordered on-line through amazon.com.
Innisfree does not benefit from any purchases made through amazon.com.
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General
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A Cancer Survivor’s Almanac: Charting Your Journey
Hoffman, Barbara, ed.
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Everyone’s Guide to Cancer Therapy: How Cancer is
Diagnosed, Treated and Managed Day to Day
Dollinger, Malin, Rosenbaum, Ernest and Cable, Greg
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The Human Side of Cancer; Living with Hope, Coping
with Uncertainty
Holland, Jimmie and Lewis, Sheldon
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reviews on Amazon
Informed Decisions - The Complete Book of Cancer
Diagnosis, Treatment and Recovery
second edition, by Eyre, Lange and Morris
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reviews on Amazon
What You Really Need to Know about Cancer: A
Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Their Families
Buckman, Robert
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Complementary
Care
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Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and
Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness
Kabat-Zinn, Jon
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ACS Guide to Complementary and Alternative Cancer
Methods
American Cancer Society
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The Wellness Book: The Comprehensive Guide to
Maintaining Health and Treating Stress-Related Illness
Benson, Herbert and Stuart, Ellen
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The Journey Through Cancer: An Oncologist’s
Seven-Level Program for Healing and Transforming the Whole
Person
Geffen, Jeremy
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Kids
books and books for parents
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When a Parent Has Cancer: A Guide to Caring for Your
Children
Harpham, Wendy Schlessel
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reviews on Amazon
How to Help Children Through a Parent’s Serious
Illness
McCue, Kathleen
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Barklay and Eve: What is Cancer Anyway?
Carney, Karen
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Becky and the Worry Cup
Harpham, Wendy
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Cancer in the Family: Helping Children Cope with a
Parent's Illness
Heiney, Sue
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reviews on Amazon
Kemo Shark
King, Elizabeth
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Life Isn’t Always a Day at the Beach: A Book for
Children Whose Life is Affected by Cancer
Ganz, Pam and Scofield, Tobi
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Michael’s Mommy has Breast Cancer
Torrey, Lisa
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Mommy’s In the Hospital Again
Parkinson, Carolyn
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Once Upon a Hopeful Night
Yaffe, Risa Sacks
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Our Family Has Cancer, Too!
Clifford, Christine
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Can I Still Kiss You? Answering Your Children's
Questions About Cancer
Russell, Neil
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The Hope Tree: Kids Talk About Breast Cancer
Numeroff, Laura
Harpham, Wendy
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Coping When a Parent Has Cancer
Strauss, Linda Leopold
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Supportive
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Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious
Illness
Lynn, Joanne and Harrold, Joan
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Cancer Doesn’t Have to Hurt
Haylock, Pamela and Curtiss, Carol
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Share the Care: How to Organize a Group to Care for
Someone Who is Seriously Ill
Capossela, Cappy and Warnock, Sheila
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I Don’t Know What to Say: How to Help and Support
Someone Who is Dying
Buckman, Robert
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Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life
Byock, Ira
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Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness,
Needs and Communications of the Dying
Callahan, Maggie and Kelley, Patricia
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The Healing Handbook
Metting, Lucy Crichton and Filleul, Barbara
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Supportive Cancer Care: The Complete Guide for
Patients and Their Families
Rosenbaum , Ernest and Isadora
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Specific
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Breast
Your Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook, 3rd
edition
Kneece, Judy
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Dr. Susan
Love’s Breast Book
Love, Susan
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A Breast Cancer Journey: Your Personal Guidebook
American Cancer Society
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Advanced Breast Cancer: A Guide to Living with
Metastatic Disease
Mayer, Musa
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Women and Cancer: A Thorough and Compassionate
Resource for Patients and Their Families
Runowicz, Carolyn, Petrek, Jeanne and Gansler, Ted
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Breast Cancer: Questions for and Answers for Young Women
Vogel, Carole Garbuny
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Lung
Lung Cancer: Making Sense of Diagnosis,
Treatment and Options
Johnston, Lorraine
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The Lung Cancer Manual
Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy and Support, Ed.
Chapters
available online at the Alliance for Lung Cancer Web Site
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Bladder
The Guide to Living with Bladder Cancer
Schoenberg, Mark
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Colorectal
Colon and Rectal
Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Families
Johnston, Lorraine
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Leukemia
Adult
Leukemia: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Families
Lackritz, Barbara
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Men's Cancers
Prostate and Cancer: A Family Guide to
Diagnosis, Treatment and Survival
Marks, Sheldon
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Men's Cancers: How to Prevent Them, How to Treat
Them, How to Beat Them
Haylock, Pamela J.
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