Reconstructing Hope: Intrusions, Oxymorons & Transformations in the Breast Cancer Marathon Author|Julie Dunstan-Brewer Home with her cat sister

Home with her cat sister

“Every person has the desire to enjoy a ‘good’ life

”— Bob Steele cancer survivor

” - Ryan Johnson

Reconstructing Hope: Intrusions, Oxymorons & Transformations in the Breast Cancer Marathon Author|Julie Dunstan-Brewer Home with her cat sisterA breast cancer diagnosis is a most unwelcome intruder in life, one that signals a long marathon of tests, treatments, and emotional stress ahead. With that journey come moments of conflicting anger and triumph, confusion and clarityand it leaves survivors so transformed, they might not even recognize themselves afterward. In Reconstructing Hope, two time survivor Donna Sidwell DeGracia offers support for people living out any phase of their breast