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Thank you to Simon and Schuster and TJ Brownn for a copy of Summerset Abbey .   I was given a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.   Summerset Abbey is the first in the series based on the experiences of Rowena, Victoria, and Prudence Buxton.   If you like Downton Abbey then you might find this novel interesting! Synopsis: Rowena, Victoria, and Prudence must mourn the loss of their father Sir Phillip.   His death has created some changes for the women.   Rowena is involved in the suffragettes along with her sister and Prudence.   Once the wake is over in London their Uncle says they must come to Summerset Abbey to live because he would be in control of their finances.   Prudence is not included in this arrangement.   Although she grew up with both Rowena and Victoria she was the daughter of the governess.   So why did Sir Phillip treat her just like his daughters?   Why is his brother and his wife trying to ...

The night before diagnosis I was in prayer at my bedside when God spoke to me.   He said “What if I have a plan to provide that will not be what you had in mind?”   I knew that tomorrow would be a big day either I would be getting a diagnosis of just an infection and discussing medication and moving into an apartment in Lilburn; or I would have to cancel the apartment and learn about cancer treatment.   I continued to hope that cancer was not in my future. My worst fear was realized when I was diagnosed with Stage Three Inflammatory Breast Cancer with my parents on speaker phone with the surgeon.   The day became a blur for me after that.   I talked with my parents and called my friends Gina and Dawn.   I managed to make it to work for an hour because I had an appointment with my first Oncologist.   I was told once again that the diagnosis was confirmed that and that I would start Chemotherapy right away.   I would have twenty sessions. ...

April began much like March; I was looking for apartments and putting together the garage sale.   The week of the garage sale was April 18 th .    The Thursday night two days prior to it.   I got out of the shower and noticed that the nipple on my left breast had turned light brown.   My first thought was this was not normal.   I called my mother who was out of town taking care of my sister after her surgery.   We agreed that I needed to get it checked out.   The day of the garage sale did not go as planned because of weather.   As I was cleaning up the garage, I made a visit to Urgent Care in Conyers.   The doctor gave me a referral to see a Breast Surgeon.   I saw him the following week.   He wanted me to get a mammogram and ultrasound.   This was planned for May 1 st .   Now for those of you who don’t know one good thing about Obamacare is women get free mammograms except in my case.   Mine was consid...

Welcome to National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.   Each year at Writer’s Corner  we have participated in Penguin’s Program Read for Pink highlighting the fight against Breast Cancer.   This year we will have the Inaugural year of The Pink Escape:   Escape Into a Good Book and Support Breast Cancer Research.   You will hear for some of your favorite authors with their recommendations and about some of their books.    I share my journey not because it is your typical cancer story.   I didn’t have a lump or mass.   My story started about this time last year.   I went to see a new gynecologist who noticed the left nipple of my breast was turned in.   She asked me if this was normal? At this time she didn’t have my previous history.   I was also dealing with a different problem.   After it was resolved in an office visit.   I asked if this was something to be concerned about.   She said no it could be norma...

Zondervan in 2014 asked some of its most popular authors if they would contribute a story about weddings.   An October Bride is Katie Ganshert’s a story.    It is my first time reading this author. Synopsis:   Emma is retrieving mail for her parents at their home when she finds her dad’s bucket list.   Her father has brain cancer.   So what could she do to please him?   She starts to read the list and comes to the part where her father wants to walk her down the aisle.   Emma is not currently engaged.   She was at the time of her father’s diagnosis to Chase.   She broke it off with him.   Will she find someone to walk her down the aisle? My Thoughts:   Katie Ganshert is a new author for me and one I wanted to read and share with you.   It is October now, but I read this book earlier in the year.   When I was diagnosed with cancer myself.   To read this story was difficult for me.   The ...