LPSA PRESENTS MOVIES AND BOOKS OF CANCER WARRIORS
True warrior: Toto, a young widow, raises her 11-year-old daughter, Victoria, after her husband died one night in duty working as a firefighter. Toto became a boxer to be able to take care of her daughter financially. One morning while training at the gym, she received a phone call from school, her daughter wasn't feeling good. She took her to the emergency room, only to find out that Victoria had leukemia. Toto's life changed drastically. Not only did she fight her opponents on the ring but also, Toto joined her daughter in a war where life is not a guarantee, but where hope, dedication, and love are your best alleys. Together, they will embark on a beginning of a journey that will bring them even closer as mother and daughter.
My Life Without Me: When hard-working mother of two Ann, discovers she has terminal ovarian cancer and the doctors give her two months to live, she decides to keep the news from her family. Passing off her increasing weakness as a mild case of anemia, Ann begins to put her priorities in order in preparation for the last few months of her life. She records birthday messages for her daughters, visits her estranged father in prison and even seeks a replacement wife for her husband, Lee
50/50: Adam Lerner has always tried to take good care of his health, so it comes as a cruel surprise when he learns that he has malignant tumors along his spine. His doctor gives him a 50/50 chance of survival, but Adam tries to remain upbeat, despite the fact that his mother and his friend Kyle react badly to the news. Adam starts seeing a therapist, but their relationship threatens to cross the boundary between doctor and patient.
Stepmom: Three years after divorcing Jackie, the mother of his children, Luke Harrison decides to take the next step with his significantly younger girlfriend, fashion photographer Isabel Kelly. Try as she might, Isabel fails to endear herself to her young charges, and to Jackie, until a looming family crisis changes everything. As Jackie gets diagnosed with terminal lymphoma, they manage to establish a shaky truce.
The Fault in Our Stars: Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old cancer patient, meets and falls in love with Augustus Waters, a similarly afflicted teen from her cancer support group. Hazel feels that Gus really understands her. They both share the same acerbic wit and a love of books, especially Grace's touchstone, "An Imperial Affliction" by Peter Van Houten. When Gus scores an invitation to meet the reclusive author, he and Hazel embark on the adventure of their brief lives.
My Sister’s Keeper: In Los Angeles, the eleven -year-old Anna Fitzgerald seeks the successful lawyer Campbell Alexander trying to hire him to earn medical emancipation from her mother Sara that wants Anna to donate her kidney to her sister. She tells the lawyer the story of her family after the discovery that her older sister Kate has had leukemia; how she was conceived by in vitro fertilization to become a donor; and the medical procedures she has been submitted since she was five years old to donate to her sister. Campbell accepts to work pro bono and the obsessed Sara decides to go to court to force Anna to help her sister.
Life as a House: George Monroe is diagnosed with an advanced case of terminal cancer, which he chooses not to disclose to his family. He decides to spend what little time he has left doing what he really wants to do, namely build a house he can call his own to replace the shack that his father passed down to him. He also wants his rebellious sixteen-year-old son, Sam, to live with him for the summer, hopefully not only to help in the house construction, but for the two to reconnect as a family. Getting Sam to do any of it will not be an easy task as Sam, who has embarked on some selfdestructive behavior, would rather do anything than spend time with his family.
I AM A LIVING LEGEND (BY CHARIF KAIS):
"Nothing makes the past sweeter to visit than the prospect of imminent death." That phrase was one of the deepest and most beautiful quotations that struck me in the fantastic series Game of Thrones. I remembered what I already suffered in the past, what I already overcame to come here; I overcame cancer, not to die from pneumonia! So to me, that moment in the RCU at midnight, it was a huge slap on the face. It was the biggest wake-up call I received all my life! As if God was telling me, "Charif, by making you endure the most terrible of all sufferings, I've given you a huge gift. You know now what the true meaning of life is. Go, and share the beautiful gift I've given you with others, spread the joy in weak people's hearts, make them happy, they deserve it, they really do..." WHY NOT ME? (BY MANDY MCMILLAN): Mandy McMillan was not a fighter. She was ordinary: a hairdresser, a party girl, a bit of a coward when it came to all things medical. The worst she'd ever fought was a cold. Then she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 27 - the second in her group of five friends to be struck down by the disease. She'd had a one in 1,900 chance of getting it. Her cancer was incurable; chemotherapy almost killed her, her body was so ravaged that she almost gave up, but Mandy battled on. Her one stroke of good fortune? The arrival of new wonder-drug, Herceptin. Then a miracle happened: Mandy gave birth to Britain's first Herceptin baby, a little girl conceived, carried and born to a mum on long-term treatment. A drug saved Mandy McMillan, now a daughter called Holly is keeping her alive. And she will fight every single day to see her child grow up.
SENSE OF TUMOR (BY RAQUEL BAHNAM): The announcement of cancer is never good news. No. it's a hair constantly tickling the corner of your nose. it's a sneeze in your pretty pile of glitter. But in this book, I'll put you in my shoes as a Leukemia patient for the second time, and show you how I beat cancer while laughing.
PROMISE ME, DAD (BY JOE BIDEN): In November 2014, thirteen members of the Biden family gathered on Nantucket for Thanksgiving, a tradition they had been celebrating for the past forty years; it was the one constant in what had become a hectic, scrutinized, and overscheduled life. The Thanksgiving holiday was a muchneeded respite, a time to connect, a time to reflect on what the year had brought, and what the future might hold. But this year felt different from all those that had come before. Joe and Jill Biden's eldest son, Beau, had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor fifteen months earlier, and his survival was uncertain. "Promise me, Dad," Beau had told his father. "Give me your word that no matter what happens, you’re going to be all right." Joe Biden gave him his word.
HEALED: HOW CANCER GAVE ME A NEW LIFE (BY MANISHA KOIRALA):
Healed is the powerful, moving and deeply personal story of actor Manisha Koirala's battle against ovarian cancer. From her treatment in the US and the wonderful care provided by the oncologists there to how she rebuilt her life once she returned home, the book takes us on an emotional roller-coaster ride through her many fears and struggles and shows how she eventually came out triumphant.
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