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How to Climb the Eiffel Tower - Elizabeth Hein (2014)

Lara Blaine has lived in self-imposed isolation in an attempt to hide from her past and her life very much revolves around a regimen of work and exercise. Then one day a diagnosis changes everything. She meets Jane at treatment and they form a tight bond, something the past Lara would never allow. Through the friendship Jane gives Lara the support and courage to face the demons from her past that haunt her steps. This book gives a very graphic account of cancer and the treatments that patients must endure in their fight to stay alive. Heart-wrenching in its account of the courage and fear of the sufferers, their families and friends, this is an awesome book written by a cancer survivor. (KARM)



How To Climb the Eiffel Tower, by Elizabeth Hein, chronicles a year in the life of a cancer patient. The summary says: "Lara Blaine believes that she can hide from her past by clinging to a rigid routine of work and exercise. She endures her self-imposed isolation until a cancer diagnosis cracks her hard exterior. Lara s journey through cancer treatment should be the worst year of her life. Instead, it is the year that she learns how to live. She befriends Jane, another cancer patient who teaches her how to be powerful even in the face of death. Accepting help from the people around her allows Lara to confront the past and discover that she is not alone in the world. With the support of her new friends, Lara gains the courage to love and embrace life. Like climbing the Eiffel Tower, the year Lara meets Jane is tough, painful, and totally worth it." How To Climb the Eiffel Tower is out in October 2014.

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