UPLIFT: Secrets from the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors
Barbara Delinsky
Pocket Books
ISBN: 0743431367

Best-selling author Barbara Delinsky, herself a breast cancer survivor, created a literary collage of the experiences and survival secrets of over 300 women in their battles with breast cancer. Click here for a full review.

THE VICTORIA'S SECRET CATALOG NEVER STOPS COMING: And Other Lessons I Learned From Breast Cancer
Jennie Nash
Scribner
ISBN: 0743219791

Frank and forthright, author Nash spares no details in this memoir of her battle with breast cancer. At once hilarious and deeply moving, this book blends helpful medical tips, witty observations, and real emotion.

LIVING ON THE MARGINS: Women Writers on Breast Cancer
edited by Hilda Raz
Persea Books
ISBN: 0892552700

Powerful and moving, this collections brings together the stories of many well-known authors who have battled breast cancer. No two experiences are a like; the stories are all heartbreaking, while simultaneously filling the reader with hope.

YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS
Jane A. Plant, Ph.D.
St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 0312275617

This book is an account of both Dr. Plant's personal battle with breast cancer and her hunt to find risk factors and prevention information. Plant writes for the layperson, with lists of ideas and main points for every medical explanation.

THE HOPE TREE: Kids Talk About Breast Cancer
Wendy S. Harpham, M.D. and Laura Numeroff
Simon & Schuster (Juv)
ISBN: 068984526X

This comforting picture book uses animal kids and their stories to help children cope with the often scary realities of their mother's breast cancer. This sweet, appealing book will stimulate discussion and healing for ages 10 and under.

BREAST CANCER WARS: Hope, Fear, and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America
Barron H. Lerner, M.D.
Oxford University Press (Trade)
ISBN: 0195142616

Lerner, a professor at Columbia University, offers this scholarly and interesting take on the history of breast cancer treatment. Thoroughly researched, this book is a must for anyone interested in bioethics, medical history, the breast cancer survivor movement, and the social context of the disease.