Writing Down Cancer is a gift from the pen of a true survivor: Carol Anderheggen, who, with heart-wrenching honesty, describes how her "cells went awry." Each poem in this collection takes readers on a journey through a gamut of universal emotions, and each poem is raw, brave and rich with sensory details. From the initial diagnosis to "a new life: one-breasted", ultimately, hope prevails. Courageously and with artistic precision,  Anderheggen exposes her own vulnerability, and in doing so, allows us to experience her fear, her loss and, most of all, her "heart made real above the bone."
Heather Sullivan, author of These Onyx Hours

When some people are faced with an obstacle in life, they give up. The obstacle becomes their story, their excuse for not living or moving forward. Not so with Carol Anderheggen. Throughout her life she has encountered many challenges that might break most people. Those challenges have provided the inspiration for Carol's writing. Each new struggle has produced insightful, beautiful poetry; the poetry has embodied the healing, the growth and the release for Carol. I am fortunate to have shared a long friendship with Carol.
Margaret Noble, adjunct faculty member, University of Rhode lsland
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When I met Carol in 1990 I was immediately aware she was a sensitive and remarkable woman. Through her eyes I learned so much about a woman's experience as she dealt with a potentially life threatening illness. Her poetry is sensitive, poignant and, times, painful.  lt opens a window through which we can see the courage and strength Carol has in her successful fight with cancer.
Dr. Arnold Herman MD FACS 

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