Getting Things Off My Chest wins 2014 International Award for Cancer-Health Books
I am thrilled to report that “Getting Things Off My Chest: A Survivor’s Guide to Staying Fearless & Fabulous in the Face of Breast Cancer” is recipient of the 2014 International Book Award for Cancer-Health topics. The award was announced May 21 by American Book Fest.
My goal writing this book was to help women stay focused and confident at a time when it feels like cancer is taking over their lives. Winning this award is bittersweet: It took having breast cancer myself and losing a dear friend to the disease to give me the experience and inspiration to write Getting Things Off My Chest,” I am continually touched by the thank you letters from the women who have read my book. Knowing my book is helping women and boosting their self esteem is the ultimate reward.
I turned to writing during my treatment as therapy to stay focus and combat “chemo brain.” I have always been a bit of a “list diva” and I kept detailed checklists of insights and tips learned during treatment from my own experience and from fellow survivors. This became the basis for Getting Things Off My Chest.
There were people in publishing who told me “No one is interested in another breast cancer book or story.” But, I knew that something was missing: a solid, sensible “full circle” approach to managing cancer treatment while maintaining quality of life and sense of self-worth. Life doesn’t stop for cancer and having cancer should not stop anyone from living life to the fullest possible.
The International Book Awards (IBA) are presented by the American Book Fest. Over 300 winners and finalists were announced in over 80 categories. Awards were presented for titles published in 2012, 2013 and 2014. Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of American Book Fest, said this year’s contest yielded over 1200 entries from authors and publishers around the world, which were then narrowed down to the final results. Full results listing for all categories can be found at http://www.InternationalBookAwards.com. AMERICAN BOOK FEST covers books from all sections of the publishing industry—mainstream, independent, & self-published. http://www.AmericanBookFest.com
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