Book (surprise!)

Nancy Brinker is the sister of Susan G. Komen and the founder of the organization that bears her sister's name. Thousands of women (and not a few men) owe their lives to this phenomenal woman, who created a revolution in the world of breast cancer awareness, prevention, and treatment.
Her memoir was released today, September 14, 2010. It is the story of sisterhood, of growing up in more innocent times, of love and marriage, of Susan's cancer, of Nancy's promise to her dying sister, and of the birth and growth of an organization that is synonymous with hope.
In between and separate from the primary story the reader finds vignettes about breast cancer survivors, some who are no longer surviving, breast cancer warriors, breast cancer advocates, breast cancer champions, breast cancer heroes, breast cancer history makers, breast cancer, breast cancer, breast cancer. Of course it's breast cancer...it's Susan G. Komen.
But, miraculously, there is one vignette, just one, that mentions another cancer--sarcoma.
It is a vignette about Maura.
Yes, a slender piece of Maura's story is found in a book authored by the founder of the Susan G. Komen foundation. Yes, sarcoma gets a mention in a book by a breast cancer icon. In the world of rare cancers, anything that promotes awareness is a plus.
Her message is simple, albeit difficult for me to embrace: Underfunding of research for rare cancers is a dreary fact. But a national movement to end all cancer has to begin somewhere, and awareness, funding, research, and innovation in one area ultimately benefit all.
And my dear, sweet, Maura, who lives eternally in Heaven, is made just a little bit more immortal here on earth as well--because I believe in the eternity of the written word.
So here is my shameless plug for the book and for my friend's online bookstore: Kathy is a single mother of three and is currently fighting sarcoma. Please buy the book through her Amazon affiliate: http://www.greatbooksforu.com/