Your
book is absolutely wonderful. We read a lot of breast cancer books and
this is just striking. It's the best thing I've ever read.
Barbara
Morton, Director, Lincoln Cancer Center, Nebraska
Fine Black Lines is a book that clearly can help.
Sensible
Solutions, New York City
Beautifully written, compelling—I couldn't put it down.
Margaret
Khatchaturian, Musician, Illinois
Fine Black Lines says what all breast cancer survivors wish we could
express—fear, anger, loneliness, and most of all, courage. What a spokeswoman
for us all!"
Madelyn
Case, Ph.D., Colorado
Profound, educational and so beautiful. I don't know how many times
I've picked up your book and I get so much help from it. It has given
me much comfort.
Jacquie
Schwartz, M.Ed., Colorado
I read your book yesterday and it was wonderful. It is the best
book on the subject.
Patricia
Olson, author of And Suddenly They're Gone
There are lots of books about breast cancer. Some are by doctors with
much scientific and clinical knowledge, but little to say about the
emotional aspects of breast cancer. Others are by patients who know
what it's really like, but don't express themselves particularly well.
"You don't often get this quality of writing from someone who has the
disease. It is a rare gift that she has . . . .an amazing sensitivity,"
said Dr. Martin Rubinowitz of Denver.
Rocky
Mountain News
The feelings you have been able to capture moved me to laughter, tears,
goose bumps."
Barbara
Ferrell, R.N., Colorado
"Of the many books I've read on cancer, none are as honest as this
one."
Barbara
Haber, R.N. Arizona
"I couldn't put it down. I felt personally engaged in something urgent
and powerful.
Courage shines through as well as curiosity and compassion.
Walter
S. Friesen, Ed.D., Kansas
At once sensitive, funny, poignant, angry, loving, earthy and transcendent.
Naomi
K. Lederach, M.N., Pennsylvania
The combination of journal entries and poems gives a rare glimpse of
breast cancer's
toll, even for survivors. Her writing is powerful, real, memorable.
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Book Finder
Fine
Black Lines has helped me understand the fears, the sense of loss
and the humanity of patients with breast cancer.
J.
Dirk Iglehart, M.D., Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina
I wish my mother could have read this book.
Judith
Wilson, M.D., Colorado
I can't tell you what a wonderful catharsis it has been to read these
pages. This book is so consoling.
Lauren
Johnson, Singapore
The first two years of medical school provide future physicians with
a tremendous amount of information. We learn the facts and how to "talk"
medicine. By reading Fine Black Lines, I believe I gained insight
into treating patients as people. Sometimes I think the human aspect
gets lost in medical education. I have recommended your book to several
class mates.
Karen
Krogstad, Medical Student
Perhaps the most effective female voice on breast cancer.
Julie
Marr Robinson, Kent Hospital, Rhode Island
Fine Black Lines is must reading for everyone. Counselors will find
it especially helpful, physicians will learn about handling patients
in a way no medical school can teach and persons with cancer will find
solace and a friend here. Some of the most moving poems you will ever
read!
Tom
Squier, The Spring Lake News
In a time when the bookstore shelves are overflowing with personal accounts
of people's battles against disease—especially cancer—Hjelmstad's work
stands out like a shining star.
Martha
Smith, The Providence Sunday Journal
"The story provides insight to others—patients, their loved ones,
even the doctors who treat them."
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