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Tilden and her younger sister Elizabeth are uprooted again when their ever optimistic, romantic mother Frances moves them north to live with Nick, the owner of a limosine service, but everything seems to be going just fine until Frances discovers a lump in her breast.

A series of poems describes how seventh-grader Kay Garber faces her grandmother's battle with breast cancer while living with her mother and great-grandmother and dealing with everyday junior high school concerns.

Fourteen-year-old Darcy's life undergoes a drastic change when her mother is diagnosed with breast cancer in 1974 and is unable to help Darcy deal with the teenage struggles of starting high school, falling in love, and worrying about the Vietnam War.

A memoir of the author, who found that after helping her dog battle cancer, she had been preparing herself for the same diagnosis.

The author discuses how the pink ribbon campaign raised awareness of breast cancer, argues that woman's health has not improved with the campaign, and examines alternative organizations that tackle breast cancer issues differently.

The author presents a humorous chronicle of her battle with breast cancer in comic-strip format.

Explores how human emotional life becomes intertwined with a particular natural landscape.

The author describes her life-changing experience working as a doctor in Antarctica in 1999, during which time she discovered she had breast cancer and had to treat herself with the aid of her own patients and U.S. doctors via the Internet.

Explains the symptoms of breast cancer along with its history, management, and treatment; and provides personal accounts of those who have been affected by it.

Recounts Dr. Jerri Nielsen's struggle to survive cancer while in Antarctica.