My Mother's Roommate

By Karen Cowden Dahl

Book Overview

Sandra Cowden led an average life as a nurse, wife, and mother, but this changed in an instant one chilly day in January of 1981. Her world unraveled as she battled her brain tumor and the consequences of this life-altering diagnosis.The impacts of medication and the tumor on Sandra's brain frayed her reality. Chaos, fear, and denial incubated in her mind, but she also had hope.My Mother's Roommate is a real first-person account of a young mother facing a cancer diagnosis, braided together with her daughter's memories decades later. Together, Sandra and her daughter Karen, a cancer researcher, weave a promise for improved care for future patients and families facing cancer.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1955743932
• ISBN13: 9781955743938
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Fox Pointe Publishing LLP
• Length: 167 Pages
• Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 10 and higher