Not the Breast Year of My Life: Finding Hope and Resilience After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Whether you are bravely battling breast cancer, know someone who is, or are just in need of some inspiration, this is the book for you! Cara's story is beautiful, raw, inspiring, heartbreaking at times, but in the end, I know she will help someone take the next step (or courageously crawl) with her words of encouragement. Her honesty is what makes this book so special, just like her.

I am a breast cancer survivor and I absolutely loved this book! You feel like you have known her forever and she is so real and if I would have had this book before my diagnosis it would’ve really helped me!Once you start reading this, you can not put it down! I read it in 2 days.Cara you seriously wrote an amazing, real, beautiful, funny and sad book that should help 1000’s of women! Family and friends of Breast Cancer Thrivers should also read this!Waiting for the next book ;)

Written with first hand knowledge of the trials of dealing with cancer. The story is told with some humor and honesty about her feelings and her children.

There’s a lot you might not know about the cancer journey. Cara’s book makes it easy! She wrote down what many who have navigated cancer feel, but can’t put into words.She unravels her own experiences with breast cancer and offers something every person diagnosed with any kind of cancer is looking for...HOPE.‘Not The Breast Year Of My Life’ reveals the highs and lows of cancer, chemotherapy, surgeries, loss and being a mom through it all.I rarely make time to read (busy mom), but I couldn’t put this down. In less than 24 hours I read all 185 pages. It will be a book I gift as well as a book I come back to time and time again.The journey after cancer is ever-evolving. A resource like this reminds me I’m never alone!I hope it will inspire you, as it has me, quite deeply. 🫶Thank you Cara, for being brave enough to put yourself out there! This is a piece of your living legacy! 💗

I was only about 40 pages in, when I had to take a moment. In just those 40 pages, she made me laugh, she made me cry, I got angry (I’m looking at you, insurance companies), and my heart would swell only to fall in the next breath. Cara’s writing style is so authentic and clear and well-delivered. I can’t even put into words how impressed I am.I’m not a mom. I’m not a survivor. I’ve never had to face even an ounce of what Cara endured during not the breast year of her life, but her writing brought me to my knees and lifted me back up again and I strongly encourage everyone to buy this book.I devoured the next 140 pages and I’m so proud of my friend. It’s been years since we’ve hung out, but I could hear her voice, see her expressions as clear as a bell. All my love to the fighters out there!

I read this entire book on one rainy cold Sunday. I went through all the emotions. Highly recommend to anyone battling, with a loved one battling, or still suffering silently from the battle won.

I read this from start to finish in one sitting, because I could not put it down. Cara drew me in with her honesty, her wit, and her relatability, and I found myself feeling the whole range of emotions as I turned the pages. This book is a lifeline for those in the “darkest days” of a new diagnosis, as well as a guidebook for those wondering how to best help and support a loved one battling this dreadful disease. Cara doesn’t hold back in sharing the good, the bad, and the very ugly when it comes to breast cancer treatment, but it feels like it’s coming from the best friend who is just looking out for you and holding your hand through it all, rather than from some nameless person who is trying to scare you with statistics. I will be wholeheartedly recommending this book to everyone I know. Thanks for putting this wonderful book out into the universe, Cara.

Cara’s story is brave and raw. She doesn’t sugarcoat her experience so that people at the beginning of their fight know what they can expect, people in the middle of the fight find solidarity or people at the end can look back and know they weren’t alone. She tells the story of her breast cancer journey in the midst of two other significant life and global events. Cara doesn’t bog down the truth with hard-to-understand medical terms and a bunch of statistics. Reading this book was like sitting with a friend who was telling me the ups and downs - the tragedies and triumphs - the get down and trudge forward of it all that led to a new found resilience, power and grace. This truth is a must for anyone going through this personally or a friend or loved one watching someone go through this. Her story will leave you feel empowered, educated and rooting for what’s next.