Interesting Non-Fiction

Cancer: A Personal Challenge by Dr. Bob Rich


This is the first book I have read on the subject of
cancer, and I finished the final chapter with an
understanding of not only the physical challenges
patients face, but the mental and emotional ones as
well.

Dr. Bob Rich and his contributors take the reader from
diagnosis to healing, sprinkling the text with
emotional pieces written by real cancer sufferers. He
points out that there is no definitive cure; there is
no definitive cause. There are new-age-ish treatments
suggested I don’t necessarily agree with, but their
inclusion demonstrates how widespread the epidemic
really is and that each patient must ultimately decide
on his own course of action. But there definitely is
reason for hope, which makes this not a text-book or
self-help book, but a study into the effects of
disease on real people, and how a patient’s outlook
plays a part in his healing. I recommend this book to
anyone affected by cancer, or anyone who hopes to
never be.