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Sassy the Face of Courage: The Story of Victoria Lynn Bowen's Battle With Ewing's Sarcoma Cancer

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A boring style
A friend of mine knew victoria, I felt like I knew her

Sassy the Face of Courage: The Story of Victoria Lynn Bowen's Battle With Ewing's Sarcoma Cancer
Thomas A. Bowen
Manufacturer: Writer's Showcase Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0595004768

Book Description

She was fifteen and full of dreams. Suddenly the breadth and depth of cancer shattered her dreams. But this girl purposed in her heart to face the unknown. Little did she know who all would come to help her become a woman of courage.

It didn’t seem possible that this girl could be a champion while machines gave her life. Nurses, doctors, parents, and friends took turns keeping Sassy alive. Then a special gospel singer by the name of Karen Wheaton put a vision into Sassy. The two became best of friends. Chemotherapy and radiation were additional challenges. Trips to Wal- Mart built up her strength.

Sassy started to become aware that she was no longer a little girl. The Prom and Graduation arrived with greater celebration than the end-of-chemo party. She finished the treatments, but the cancer would not give up so easy. Ten days at cancer camp placed Sassy in the presence of counselors who were so inspiring that she adopted two of them. It was now time for cancer to have the final say. But, her adopted sisters and a real angel changed all that. Sassy was granted the desires of her heart.

Customer Reviews:

A boring style.......2003-06-05

First of all,this account had to be corrected by the publisher.It's quite understanding the author is not a writer,but how can a publisher allow the repetition of "Vicky" in each phrase,instead of "she"?
Also I don't feel moved by this account,facing the obedience of parents to the desires of a spoiled child to go a few times a DAY to a retaurant only to spoil food or to go shopping when the financial state of the family is requesting the help of friends and co-workers....Page 177,I read:"Friends at church set up two bank accounts at home,and announced the family need on the radio.Vicky spent the evening shopping at Wal Mart".
Sorry but at seventeen a child has to understand family problems...

A friend of mine knew victoria, I felt like I knew her.......2001-03-20

This book chronicals victoria's battle with cancer, but focuses more on the technical aspects of what happened as opposed to her emotions and feelings about her struggle. It is mostly a list of food she ate, drugs she was administered, places she went, and so on. However, her father, Thomas, expressed his feelings as best he could and made tribute to his daughter publicly-to be commended for one who has lost a daughter. The book is highly detailed and realistic, lacking in romantic flowerly prose one has come to expect from tributary works. The end of the book left me in tears, almost wishing I could read mopre into the life of victoria. While much of who she was is shown in the book, one can't help but feel a good part of her personality was left unsaid. the novewl sheds a realistic light on the hurrendous effects of cancer without playing up on romanticism.

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