A breast cancer diagnosis at forty-nine forces Christine Shields Corrigan, a wife, mom, and meticulous list-maker, to confront her deepest fears of illness, death, and loss of control as she struggles to face cancer again.

This book is raw and emotive and should definitely come with a warning for the emotions it can occur. The author takes you on the real-life rollercoaster that cancer causes and that is not just cancer itself, it is everything that comes with it. It is not a light read and one that may play heavy on your mind. As a nurse who has worked in emergency care, palliative care, and now intensive care, this book resonated with me so much and previous patients and families I have had the pleasure to get to know. As much as this book is emotive, it is also uplifting and does have laugh out loud moments.

The cover of the book is eyecatching and I would be drawn to it if in a bookshop.

As a girl, Christine Shields Corrigan had cancer--but she didn't know it. She knew she was ill and thought that a lump on her neck was what was being treated. She suffered pain of the illness and the intense treatments, but her family kept from her the true nature of her disease, calling it only "lymphoma", which as a sheltered girl she didn't associate with cancer. (In fact, it was Hodgkin's lymphoma.)

Years later, as a married mother of two, she is diagnosed with breast cancer. In undergoing the treatment of this cancer, she uncovers the facts of her childhood illness--and grapples with the emotional realities that she'd stuffed down for so many years.

She also learns that accepting the help and love of those around her is important to her healing journey. While a memoir, the book also offers practical tips offered to those undergoing cancer treatment. I'm personally more focused on the mind-body connection and nutrition in healing, but still I appreciated much of what she has to say.

I requested an ARC (Advanced Review Copy) of this book through NetGalley because the writer is in a few of the online writers' groups I'm in, and her comments compelled me to read her story.

I received an advanced copy of Again: Surviving Cancer Twice with Love and Lists, by Christine Shields Corrigan. What an amazing women, ad an amazing book. Christine was first diagnosed with cancer at 14, then again at age 49. Christine has a wonderful way with words, and takes on her journey, through breast cancer. Truly a hero.

Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. This book was both brutally honest and insightful in dealing with a cancer diagnosis. It was very uplifting. This is a must read if you have received a diagnosis of cancer.