How to Ride a Dragon: Women With Breast Cancer Tell Their Stories

Tocher, Michelle

ISBN 10: 1552633977 / ISBN 13: 9781552633977

Published by Key Porter Books, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2002

About this Item

Book has very little shelf wear and is signed by Eleanor Nielsen under the foreword written by her.

Seller Inventory # 001929

Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Ride a Dragon: Women With Breast Cancer Tell Their Stories
• Publisher: Key Porter Books, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1552633977
• ISBN 13: 9781552633977
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

How to Ride a Dragon is a beautifully crafted tapestry of mythology, fantasy, narrative and first-hand human experience that tells the stories of 22 women, their families and friends, and their epic struggles coming to terms with cancer.

In 1999, in a conversation with her friend Eleanor Nielsen at the Canadian Cancer Society, Michelle Tocher was inspired by Eleanor's dream to relate the experiences of survivors of breast cancer who had adopted the ancient Chinese ritual of dragon boating. That summer Michelle witnessed her first dragon boat race: six boats lined up at the starting line, occupied by women of every age, shape and size -- a colorful, happy crowd of ladies in pink -- the shoreline crowded with cheering spectators, many of them no longer able to race. Here the master storyteller found the people who could tell living stories about what it meant to meet and conquer dragons.

About the Author

Michelle Tocher is an author and storyteller with a background in journalism and communications. Her books include Brave Work: A Guide to the Quest for Meaning in Work, A Seeker's Storybook: Stories for the Working Soul and The Broad Mind. She lives in Toronto.

Eleanor Nielsen is a nurse and survivor of stage II breast cancer. She worked at the national office of the Canadian Cancer Society for ten years, where she was national director of patient services and public education. She is an active peer support volunteer and trainer and co-founded the Toronto Dragon Boat team, Dragons Abreast, in 1997.