If We Must Dance, Then I Will Lead

The first book on the subject of breast
cancer survival from the point of view of a woman who has
the support of seven sisters, If We Must Dance, Then I Will
Lead combines memoir and science writing. A fresh voice
tells a story of surviving a labyrinth of knives, needles,
and radiation beams. Jane and her sisters were cut from
the same cloth. The nuns told them, "Take it on the chin;"
Mom said, "Offer it up for the poor souls in purgatory;"
Daddy said, "Mind your mother." There they were, grounded in
acquiescence, long-suffering, and obedient when the beast
tapped her on the shoulder and asked, "Shall we dance?" If
We Must Dance, Then I Will Lead is laced with humor to
soften the starkness of medical terminology. Julie, the
certified cranial prosthesis fitter, sets Jane up with a wig
that gives her a hairstyle that looks like the ladies at
Thursday night Bingo. Esther, the breast prosthesis fitter,
insists that she's a D cup when she's been a 36B since high
school and doesn't like the look of a rubber nipple showing
through her sweater! This memoir will encourage women to
advocate for themselves in the scary world of oncology.