Breasts Books To Give and Get

By Anne Krueger
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There’s nothing like a good book, particularly one that combines good health with good humor. My ta-tas and I really enjoyed these tomes this year, and think you will too.




The Middle Place (Voice, $14.95) I love breast cancer survivor Kelly Corrigan. And I love her book even more. You’ll laugh and cry your way through her memoir of growing up in Philadelphia, discovering she has breast cancer, and being in that “middle place”—between your parents and your own children. Corrigan is a wonderful writer who really gets at what matters, and her accounts of her chemo, surgery, and radiation are compelling. You can also see a photo essay of her breast cancer journey at circusofcancer.org, a site she created to help those of us who haven’t had breast cancer be the best friend to those who do. Read More