ISBN: 1 876671 06 8 Author's royalties from this novel are donated to breast cancer research. |
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Leonie Thompson's journey from ignorance to awareness of a disease that could kill her ... is totally involving. And that's down to the quality of the story telling. An uplifting book which illustrates courage
in adversity and is compelling reading for all of us who seek
illumination about
the meaning of life, friendship and relationships. This book
provides many insights and helped me to understand what is really
important
in life. I both benefited from and enjoyed reading “In
the Claws of the Crab". "In the Claws of the Crab" is a remarkable book, well written with
great courage and insight. Lesley has used her very fine gifts as a writer in a remarkable way. I have journeyed along the road of cancer as a patient, relative
and Many books have been written about breast cancer diagnosis and treatment possibilities. As a novel, however, "In the Claws of the Crab" offers rare insight into the psychological ramifications of devastating cancer news and the effects it can have on relationships with family and friends. Tunnecliffe’s talent is to empathetically draw
the reader immediately into the inner circle of protagonist Leonie
Thompson’s life as she grapples with her shock diagnosis and
the choices and challenges presented to her as she and her family
come to terms with her uncertain future. Reading this book made me realise how little I knew about cancer,
and also so little about what you have been through. I applaud your
strength and determination in fighting the cancer. I am sure that
many cancer sufferers, and their families and friends, will gain
from the insights this book gives. I cried, I laughed, identified with many of the characters, and
I understood their fears and uncertainties and I think you are very
brave. Your story gives information, as well as ideas and possible
solutions and I think its makes a great read for any woman. While reading In the Claws of the Crab, I was profoundly struck by
the process of which an every day life, becomes an extra ordinary
life. The intimate chain of events that could and does happen to
any of us. It is difficult to read the book from the safe distance
as if watching a movie or meeting someone we know has an illness,
something we all have a repertoire for. More than anything I think
it is a powerfully honest, and simple, in many ways, reminder that
Leonie is every one of us. I read “In the Claws of the Crab” in one long, captivated
sitting. Every chapter feels authentic, frank and heartfelt. This
important book gives voice to the unsaid thoughts and hidden feelings
of many cancer survivors. Although it is a novel, it provides
information and education about shock, trauma, loss, uncertainty
and fear; what is helpful to people
in these circumstances as well as what is not. It is fearless in
exploring extreme psychological pain and it does so in an essentially
non-judgemental way. "In the Claws of the Crab" by Lesley Tunnecliffe is a gutsy,
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