In collaboration with Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health’s Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute, Manheim Township Public Library has created a Cancer Survivorship Collection to serve as a hub of information, a path to connect to others, and an entryway to personal inner strength and resilience. Selected by staff and patients of the Cancer Institute, these titles were chosen to offer knowledge, validation, humor, spiritual reflection, and personal growth for cancer survivors, families, caregivers, and supporters. Below are the titles, sorted by topic.
Self-Care
It’s OK that You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn’t Understand by Megan Devine 155.93 DEV
Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown 158 BRO
Rising Strong by Brene Brown 158 BRO
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brene Brown 158.1 BRO
Ignite Your Light by Jolene Hart 158.1 HAR
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Tawwab 158.1 TAW
The Four Things that Matter the Most: A Book About Living by Ira Byock 158.2 BYO
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohleben 582.16 WOH
Mind Over Medicine by Lissa Rankin 615.8528 RAN
An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System by Matt Richtel 616.079 RIC
Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict into Connection by Julie and John Gottman 616.89156 GOT
Uplift by Barbara Delinsky 616.99449 DEL
Spark Joy by Marie Kondo 648 KON
The Strength in Our Scars by Bianca Sparacina 811.6 SPA
Inspirational
Stillness is Key by Ryan Holiday 128.4 HOL
The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo 204.32 NEP
Decision Making and Spiritual Discernment: The Sacred Art of Finding Your Way by Nancy Bieber 204.4 BIE
The Wisdom Codes by Gregg Braden 208.2 BRA
Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren 248.3 WAR
Prayer in the Night by Tish Harrison Warren 248.86 WAR
Peace in the Face of Cancer by Lynn Eib 248.861 EIB
Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm by Tich Nhat Hanh 294.3442 NHA
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Douglas Abrams 294.3444 BST
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron 294.3444 CHO
Mindfulness
The Stress Prescription: 7 Days to More Joy and Ease by Elissa Epel 155.9042 EPE
Good morning, I love you by Shauna Shapiro 158.13 SHA
Stress resets: how to soothe your body and mind in minutes by Jenny Taitz 613.79 TAI
Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Missy 616.0019 MYS
Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World by Mark Williams and Danny Penman 616.8914 WIL
Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery: A Step-by-Step MBSR approach to help you cope with treatment and reclaim your life by Linda Carlson and Michael Speca 616.99406 CAR
Being well (even when you’re sick): mindfulness practices for people with cancer and other serious illnesses by Elana Rosenbaum 616.99406 CAR
Coping with cancer: DBT skills to manage your emotions and balance uncertainty with hope by Elizabeth Stuntz Cohn and Marsha Linehan 616.9940651 STU
Food & Diet
How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease by Michael Greger 613.2 GRE
Cancer Fighting Kitchen by Rebecca Katz 641.5631 KAT
Love and Lemons Everyday by Jeanine Denofrio 641.5636 DON
The Oh She Glows Cookbook by Angela Liddon 641.5636 LID
Memoir
The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life by Janice Kaplan 179.9 KAP
Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I’ve Loved by Kate Bowler 362.196994 BOW
Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad 362.196994 JAO
Bald in the Land of Big Hair by Joni Rodgers 362.196994 ROD
Not the Breast Year of my Life by Cara Sapida 362.196994 SAP
Making the Breast of It by Robin Storey 362.196994 STO
That Time I Got Cancer: A Love Story by Jim Zervanos 362.196994 ZER
Cancerland by David Scadden 616.9940092 SCA
It’s Always Something by Gilda Radner B RADNER GILDA RADNER
Story Collections
David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell 155.24 GLA
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer 305.897 KIM
Cancer Has Its Privileges, Stories of Hope and Laughter by Christine Clifford 362.196994 CLI
Chicken Soup for the Breast Cancer Survivors Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Hansen 362.19699449 CHI
Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachel Naomi Remen 610.92 REM
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Dodge 612.8 DOI
Children
Childhood Leukemia by Nancy Keene PAR COLL J 618.9299419 KEE
Big Tree is Sick by Nathalie Slosse PAR COLL E SLOSSE
When a Kid Like Me Fights Cancer by Catherine Stier PAR COLL E STIER
When Things Aren’t Going Right, Go Left by Peter Reynolds E COLAGI
The Can in Cancer by Julia Cook E COOK
The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfield E DOERRF
The Invisible String by Patrice Karst E KARST
Color Monster by Anna Llenas E LLENAS
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn E PENN
My Many-Colored Days by Dr. Suess E SEUSS
The Perfect Shelter by Clare Helen Welsch E WELSH
The Puddle Jumper’s Guide to Kicking Cancer by Elizabeth Billups J 618.92994 BIL
What Happens When a Kid has Cancer by Sara Olsher J 618.92994 OLS