Blog Tour and Giveaway: Again: Surviving Cancer Twice with Love and Lists

 

 

Join us for this tour from May 10 to May 28, 2021!

Book Details:

Book Title:  Again: Surviving Cancer Twice with Love and Lists
Author:  Christine Shields Corrigan
​Category:  Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 256 pages
Genre:  Memoir
Publisher:  Koehler Books
Release date:  Oct 2020
Content Rating:  PG-13. My book has some profanity and one non-explicit sex scene with my husband.

 

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"This no-nonsense debut memoir recalls Corrigan's two-time battle with cancer and takes a pragmatic approach toward guiding other patients. Candid, sagacious writing on illness and adaptation." --Kirkus Reviews

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  Book Description:

A breast cancer diagnosis at forty-nine forces Christine Shields Corrigan, a wife, mom, and meticulous list-maker, to confront her deepest fears of illness, death, and loss of control as she struggles to face cancer again. From the discovery of a “junky” cyst, to chemotherapy and surgery, sleepless nights filled with rosaries and “what ifs,” and shifting family dynamics, her adult experience mirrors her teen bout with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, with one exception—she no longer has parents keeping her in the dark.

With the ghosts of cancer past hovering around her, Chris falls into the same overprotective traps her taciturn Irish-Catholic parents created, striving to keep her family’s life “normal,” when it is anything but, and soldiering through on her own, until a neighbor’s unexpected advice and gift move her to accept others’ help. With fierce honesty, poignant reflection, and good humor, Chris shares a journey filled with sorrow, grace, forgiveness, and resilience, as she winds her way through cancer for the second time. Again offers practical guidance and hope to individuals that they have the strength to forge a path beyond a diagnosis.

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Meet the Author: 

Christine Shields Corrigan is a two-time cancer survivor, wife, mom, and author of Again: Surviving Cancer Twice with Love and Lists. In addition to Again , Chris has published a number of lyrical and practical essays where she gives voice to the beautiful ordinary. Her work about family, illness, writing, and resilient survivorship has appeared in anthologies, magazines, and other publications including, The Brevity Blog, Grown & Flown, Horn Pond Review, The Potato Soup Journal and Anthology, Purple Clover, Ravishly.com, Wildfire Magazine, and the Writer’s Circle 2 Anthology.

Chris’ essay, “Not Back to But Forward,” about how her cancer experiences helped her cope with COVID-19 is included in (Her)oics: Women’s Lived Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic (edited by Joanell Serra and Amy Roost), an anthology that draws together the stories of 52 women across the US during the Covid-19 pandemic (March 2021). A graduate of Manhattan College and Fordham University School of Law, Chris built a successful career as a labor and employment law attorney and as a legal writer and editor. After surviving cancer in midlife, Chris became a freelance writer. She also teaches creative nonfiction writing for an adult education program, provides writing workshops for cancer support groups, and is the chair of the programming committee of the Morristown Festival of Books. She lives in New Jersey with her family.

Connect with the author:  Website  ~  Twitter  ~  Facebook ~ instagram

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Tour Schedule:

May 10 – Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway
May 10 - Working Mommy Journal - book spotlight / giveaway
May 11 –Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway
May 12 – Pick A Good Book – book review / author interview / giveaway
May 13 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
May 14 – Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight
May 14 - Books for Books – book spotlight
May 17 – Book World Reviews – book review
May 17 - Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway
May 18 – A Mama's Corner of the World – book review / giveaway
May 19 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway
May 19 – Books Lattes & Tiaras – book spotlight / giveaway
May 20 – jayme_reads – book review
May 20 - Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview
May 20 - Olio by Marilyn – book review / giveaway
May 24 – Lamon Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
May 25 - Laura's Interests – book review / giveaway
May 26 – Kam’s Place – book review
May 27 – Deborah-Zenha Adams – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
May 27 - Leels Loves Books – book review / giveaway
May 28 – Adventurous Jessy – book review / giveaway

Enter the Giveaway:

AGAIN: Surviving Cancer Twice with Love and Lists Book Tour Giveaway

 

 

My Review: 

Christine Shields Corrigan’s Again: Surviving Cancer Twice with Love and Lists is a fascinating read. She tells about her being battling cancer twice and how she was able to pull through it. As teen, she fought Hodgkin's lymphoma and then at forty nine, she finds herself once again struggling cancer. Only this time she is a mother and a wife. She discusses her disease, her family, her fears, her treatments and her surgery. She had to find a new way of having to cope and on how to get out of it alive. 

At times, Again: Surviving Cancer Twice with Love and Lists was very emotional for me. As a wife and mother whose husband battled his own cancer, I knew what it can do a family and children. It is very stressful for all. I definitely was able to understand. Like us, she had to learn how to ask for help. It is so important to find the perfect support system and comfort during those difficult times. 

I am giving Again: Surviving Cancer Twice with Love and Lists a very well deserved five plus stars. I highly recommend it for readers who enjoy reading memoirs and biographies. Especially, ones about someone’s cancer journey. I am sure so many will find Christine Shields Corrigan’s tale to be inspiring and filled with much needed hope. 

I received a paperback copy of Again: Surviving Cancer Twice with Love and Lists from the publisher. This review is one hundred percent my own honest opinion.