Showing posts with label breast cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breast cancer. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Book of the Month: A TIME TO MEND

As promised, later today we will be holding the drawing for the big bag of Angela Hunt books.  So if you haven't entered, you still have a little time! 

And happy April first!  Time for another Book of the Month! 

From Romance Reviews Today
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A TIME TO MEND - Angela Hunt
Steeple Hill Single Title
ISBN: 0-373-78564-X
March 2006
Inspirational Fiction
Winter Haven, Florida - Present day

Jacquelyn Wilkes became an oncology nurse after living with her mother's breast cancer and then watching her die after five years of agonizing pain. When a new doctor, Jonah Martin, comes to the Chambers Wyatt Hospital where Jacquelyn works, her calm and ordered world is tipped on its axis. All the patients adore the young doctor, but Jacquelyn despises his decidedly rude and unfeeling attitude toward the nurses on the ward. Dr. Jonah may be drop-dead handsome, but his heart is cold as ice.

Working as a nurse in the cancer unit is a job filled with pain, heartache and elation. Pain and heartache when she watches a patient die, and elation when another patient triumphs over the horrific disease. Jacquelyn questions Dr. Jonah's methods and bedside manner. But her heart starts to melt just a little when Jonah saves the life of her beloved pet mastiff, Bailey. Soon afterward, she confides to him that she has found a cyst in her breast, but she balks when he urges her to get a physical immediately. Slowly, little by little, Jacquelyn begins trusting Jonah's medical advice, and their relationship blossoms as she faces her own future with breast cancer.

A TIME TO MEND is an updated and revised reissue of a poignant story about the many struggles faced by women with breast cancer and the men who fight to find a cure. (Previously published as GENTLE TOUCH, Bethany House, 1997.)

Jonah and Jacquelyn's relationship faces many obstacles as they build trust in each other and fall in love. The secondary characters tell their stories of breast cancer in heartrending ways and often bring tears of sadness as well as laughter to the tale. Both Jacquelyn and Jonah are strong characters, and A TIME TO MEND is an inspirational story of love and God's healing grace.

Diana Risso
Romance Reviews Today

Tomorrow: how the idea germinated

~~Angie

Friday, September 21, 2007

Bir*th Announ*cement


Had to spell it that way because if I don't, the comments box will be overtaken by people selling stationery online! And while I don't begrudge anyone the right to sell things online, I'd rather they didn't do in my comments box.

Ahem. Guess what arrived today? A box of my latest release, DON'T BET AGAINST ME, Deanna Favre's story of her diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer. I really enjoyed working with Deanna and Carol Traver, one of my Tyndale editor, on this book. It's a great story for anyone (especially for football fans, since Deanna's hubby is Brett Favre, the QB for the Green Bay Packers), but it's especially encouraging for anyone battling breast cancer. So--the book is out and all royalties to go Deanna's HOPE Foundation, which provides funds for women undergoing chemo.
Also be sure to check out Deanna's web site--lots of information there! http://www.deannafavre4hope.com.

Enjoy!

~~Angie