Hollye jacobs, former chicagoan and current santa barbara resident who has been writing on her blog a silver pen sharing her experiences stemming from her 2010 diagnosis with cancer, recently published a book that has now reached ny times best seller list and shes been on good morning america to promote it the silver lining. A book of solid advice and silver linings for patients with breast. A supportive and insightful guide to breast cancer socialifechicago. A twoyear ordeal with breast cancer conveyed with frank prose and stunning photography. The silver lining by hollye jacobs healing baskets. Mar 17, 2014 phil is joined by 43yearold hollye jacobs, a breast cancer survivor and author of the new book, the silver lining, to offer holly help in moving forward. Fill out the quick questions to receive the new york times bestseller, the silver lining.
About the author hollye jacobs, rn, ms, msw, speaks publicly and writes about her experience on her awardwinning blog. Looking for and finding silver linings buoyed hollye jacobs from the time of her diagnosis. In october 2014, she launched the silver lining companion guide, a. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. The unexpected silver lining was that the blog went viral and people from all over the world were emailing me saying that i was giving them words for experiences they had no words for. The silver lining, hollye jacobs elizabeth messina shop. Hollye jacobs combines inspiration with practical suggestions for women and men.
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According to amazon, at once comforting and instructive, realistic and inspiring, the silver lining is a visually beautiful, poignant mustread for everyone who has been touched. So the nurse, author, and cancer survivor approached several fortune 500 companies to translate her. Breast cancer survivor turns blog into book youtube. Free copy of the silver lining by hollye jacobs book. Passion is an adventure and seduction an art in silver linings, from beloved new york times bestselling author jayne ann krentz. This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. Hollye currently resides in santa barbara, california with her husband, daughter and black lab, buzz. The girlfriends guide meets what to expect for breast cancer patients in an outstanding book that is at once beautiful and helpful, realistic and uplifting. An insightful guide to the realities of breast cancer looking for and finding silver linings was essential to my wellbeing during treatment. Reading is a wonderful and fulfilling hobby something we can do to relieve stress and makes us happy. If there is a silver lining to a broken heart, matties about to discover it when love storms back into her life and sweeps her off her feet. They buoyed me and kept my spirits hopeful from the time of my diagnosis throughout my double mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiation and recovery. Book hollye jacobs for public speaking harry walker agency. The silver lining a supportive and insightful guide to breast cancer book.
Exquisitely illustrated with fullcolor photographs by hollyes close friend, awardwinning photographer elizabeth messina, the silver lining is both hollye s memoir and a practical, supportive resource for anyone whose life has been touched by breast cancer. A southern californiabased palliative care nurse, jacobs blog, the silver pen, evolved into an online diary immortalizing her thoughts and feelings after a grim diagnosis in 2010. Buy the silver lining by hollye jacobs, elizabeth messina from waterstones today. The book is drawn, in part, from hollyes blog, the silver pen which, like her. Hollye jacobs is a sought after speaker, nurse, social worker, child development specialist, and the best selling author of the silver lining, a supportive and insightful guide to breast cancer. Writer and registered nurse hollye jacobs was diagnosed with. The silver lining sample pages by hollye jacobs and. Hollye jacobs gives new meaning to courage in her silver pen blog and book, the silver lining, with her positive approach to dealing with her cancer diagnosis. She covers what every patient can expect as they go through their specific treatment and teaches other big issues, such as nutrition and how to talk to children about illness.
The silver lining by hollye jacobs, 9781476763507, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. A new york times bestseller as a healthy, happy thirtynineyearold mother with no family history of breast cancer, being diagnosed with the disease rocked hollye jacobss world. Unfailingly optimistic, jacobs compassionately offers proof positive that even a terrifying, arduous disease like cancer can have a silver lining. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer at age thirtynine, hollye jacobsa pediatric and adult palliative care nurse with graduate degrees in bioethics and child developmentstarted a blog to keep family and friends. Blogging has been a way to share her experiences with readers.
The story is fundamentally my journey of selfdiscovery through illness, finding silver linings in life, and celebrating grace. Over the past several decades the oncology community has made notable advances in cancer. The silver lining from holly jacobs in book stores right now. Mar 14, 2020 a collection of some of my silver linings.
Free copy of the silver lining by hollye jacobs book yo. In the first section of each chapter, she describes with humor and wisdom her personal experience and gives details about her diagnosis, treatment, side effects, and recovery. The unexpected sources of optimism and joy that kept me going during my breast cancer journey, as chronicled in my book, the silver lining. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. In support of breast cancer awareness month, were honored to feature an except from breast cancer survivor and picnichealth customer hollye jacobs inspirational book, the silver lining, a supportive and insightful guide to breast cancer. My search has ended, thanks to hollye jacobs, an rn, licensed. The silver lining by hollye jacobs overdrive rakuten. Hollye jacobs returns to chicago to talk about her book, the silver lining. As often mentioned, the shelves are overflowing with books on cancer, from dense scientific tomes, histories, memoirs, and survivorship books. The stylish hollye recently invited us into her warm, welcoming california abode.
A supportive and insightful guide to breast cancer. Watch as hollye reflects on what cancer taught her and. Breast cancer survivor and author hollye jacobs outlines the. Available at amazon, barnes and noble, indiebound, and other local bookstores.
When nurse and young mother hollye jacobs was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago, she was forced to slow down and started a blog to keep friends and family up to date. A supportive and insightful guide to breast cancer coauthored with. Stunned by her diagnosis of breast cancer at the age of 39, she was unsuccessful in finding a book that met her needs. In her first book the silver lining, cowritten and photographed by elizabeth messina, jacobs documents her personal journey to healing in the most honest and insightful way with. Breast cancer survivor and author hollye jacobs outlines. Hollye jacobs,elizabeth messina published on 20140318 by simon and schuster. Hollye jacobs expertise as a nurse, social worker, and child development specialist is evident, as the book is richly infused with the wisdom of each of those professions.
Hollye jacobs, creator of the silver pen, started blogging after being diagnosed with breast cancer. See more ideas about silver lining, breast cancer and optimism. I looked for something that was realistic and hopeful, informative and supportive, clinically credible and visually beautiful. Mar 18, 2014 the silver lining should be read by every professional who cares for those who face breast cancer as a reminder of the person and family surrounding the tumor. Having worked as a nurse, social worker, and child development specialist for fifteen years, she suddenly found herself. A supportive and insightful guide to breast cancer, which she wishes she had had during her battle with the disease. Part personal memoir, part professional guide, the silver lining is the book that jacobs wished shed had when she began her fight with cancer. This is a wise investment for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer or simply interested in how the process works.
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