Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4517 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Review
“Kris is a ray of light that is needed to raise awareness of what it means to give back. What more can one wish for? She is a true leader of courage and inspiration.”
—Donna Karan


“Kris Carr has done something extraordinary with this book: She has put cancer in its place. She has triumphed, and paved a path by which others can triumph too. She deserves our most heartfelt ‘Bravo.’”
—Marianne Williamson
Author of A Return to Love and Everyday Grace


When you have been there you know the experience and can help others survive their journey through the difficulties of life. Kris Carr's book is an excellent resource filled with tips on how to not only survive but thrive. If you have the inspiration, desire and intention to be a survivor the abundant information about life and living contained in this book will coach you in a way that will make you an empowered star performer and winner in the face of adversity.
—Bernie Siegel, MD
Author of Love, Medicine & Miracles and Help Me To Heal


“I love Kris’s book because it made me feel so many things. Familiar things. It made me laugh and reflect. And thank God she has the courage and generosity to share her experience. This book will be a comfort to so many who are going through the experience or who have graduated to survivor.”
—Sheryl Crow
From the Foreword

From the Back Cover
"I love Kris's book because it made me feel so many things. Familiar things. It made me laugh and reflect. And thank God she has the courage and generosity to share her experience. This book will be a comfort to so many who are going through the experience or who have graduated to survivor."

--Sheryl Crow
From the Foreword

"Kris is a ray of light that is needed to raise awareness of what it means to give back. What more can one wish for? She is a true leader of courage and inspiration."

--Donna Karan

"Kris Carr has done something extraordinary with this book: She has put cancer in its place. She has triumphed, and paved a path by which others can triumph too. She deserves our most heartfelt `Bravo.'"

--Marianne Williamson
Author of A Return to Love and Everyday Grace

When you have been there you know the experience and can help others survive their journey through the difficulties of life. Kris Carr's book is an excellent resource filled with tips on how to not only survive but thrive. If you have the inspiration, desire and intention to be a survivor the abundant information about life and living contained in this book will coach you in a way that will make you an empowered star performer and winner in the face of adversity.

--Bernie Siegel, MD
Author of Love, Medicine & Miracles and Help Me To Heal

About the Author
Kris Carr is a beautiful and talented actress, photographer, filmmaker, writer, and cancer survivor.
Sheryl Crow is a nine-time Grammy-winning American blues rock singer, guitarist, bassist, and songwriter. She's also a breast cancer survivor.

Customer Reviews

I can see good intentions, but misses the mark for me
As a cancer survivor, I wanted to like this book. I love the idea of a "hip" survival/inspirational guide for women. I am so glad that Kris Carr has dealt so well with a devastating diagnosis. This points to a true strength of spirit. I think the author's heart is in the right place, but something went wrong here. I didn't find this book hip, or funny. It struck a bad chord for me. When I had cancer I too was 31. I didn't go through a decision-making process about whether to tell my esthetician about my illness. I wasn't worried about getting my bikini area waxed. I didn't go on a "cancervation" with my "posse", because I was working to pay my bills and keep my health insurance. I didn't attend retreats and trainings and buy hundreds of dollars of goods from Whole Foods on shopping trips and make a documentary about myself. People deal with trauma and heal in different ways, and spending freely seems to have been beneficial to Kriss Carr's personal journey. Each woman featured in this book talks about her height and weight, and Kris Carr makes numerous references to her own weight and desire to weigh less. It seems the opposite of "empowering", and perhaps a bit disingenuous, for a woman who looks (at least in her photos) radiantly healthy, beautiful, stylish, and very thin to keep making references to desire for weighing less. I'd find it inspirational to hear things along the lines of "I used to worry about my weight before cancer, but since I've changed my diet and lifestyle, my body has changed and I'm very happy with it, I feel very comfortable in my own skin now" (or something like that). When I had cancer, I was more concerned with getting well than stepping on the scale. I'm well and healthy, now, my looks are something I pay attention to but emphasizing it in a book focused on cancer seems wrong. I can't pretend to know what it's like to have the disease that Kris Carr is living with. She seems to be doing something right - a lot of somethings. I respect this tremendously. I'd love to hear more about diet and exercise, more on inner process, less about numbers on the scale and appearance and the things that money can buy. Maybe focusing on this is meant to distract the mind, and I've missed the point!

Wickedly Hip , Part Guide Part Story
Although this author touches glibly upon a few difficult issues that occurred during her journey through diagnosis and treatment, her not-going-to-take this lying down spirit is infectious. Her extensive exploration into alternative adjunctive treatments while oppressed by her other treatments is inspiring. She uses a vernacular that is spot- on and reaches out to tickle your funny bone as well as your heart. She sets the spotlight not only on herself but also other women experiencing similiar ordeals and who have created a wonderful network of supportive resources.
She lays down the gauntlet to cancer with cowboy boots, green smoothies, a posse, and making a documentary. By the end of this book, you don't get the sense that this woman is defined by her cancer diagnosis although it certainly was a catalyst for major changes. This book has great tips and resources for anyone going through any kind of cancer (I like especially that it touches on insurance issues)or someone who is close to someone going through cancer. This includes a great website forum the author has also created as both ongoing student and teacher of physical and mental well-being. This book really brings home the lesson of living in the moment.

PLEASE BUY THIS BOOK...
...if you or anyone you know is a young woman with cancer. I was diagnosed with breast cancer at 34 and cried when I received this book. I had no community support system and I finally felt as though I "belonged" somewhere. The tips are priceless and Kris is a cancer goddess. I never would have made it through my diagnosis had my hubby not bought me this book! I have since started a support group for young women in my area because Kris Carr was so inspiring. This will uplift someone, I plan to pass my copy on!