The Unlikely Gift of Breast Cancer

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Are you terrified of cancer and secretly hope it never impacts you or someone you love

Diane M. Simard takes readers on a raw, inspirational, humorous ride, reliving her 10 months of treatment for late Stage III breast cancer that ultimately helped her embrace her differences and brought more attention to the often-overlooked psychological impact of cancer.

Her enthralling book,which won third place in the memoir category of the 2019 Colorado Independent Publishers Association's EVVY awards (an international competition), is:

-A candid, honest, uplifting story for spouses, partners, family caregivers and those who receive a cancer diagnosis.
-Alternatively witty and heartbreaking.
-The book she wished she had been able to read when she was first diagnosed and kept asking , "What does cancer feel like"
-The account of a life-changing traumatic experience that exposed Diane's vulnerabilities and catapulted her resilience.
-An unexpected triumph of how Diane used her cancer experience to become the founder of a pycho-social oncology specialty training program that is being emulated across the country.

Recognized as one of the inaugural National Top 100 Women in Business to Watch by BizWomen.com,Diane's career achievements as a business writer and an aerospace executive also include being named one of the Top Women in Energy and the 2016 Outstanding Woman in Technology by the Denver Business Journal. She has also been recognized as a Girl Scouts Woman of Distinction.

Order The Unlikely Gift of Breast Cancer to experience the story that readers have claimed should be on the New York Times best-sellers list!

Author Bio

Recognized as an award-winning writer and one of the 100 inaugural National Women in Business to Watch by BizWomen.com, Diane M. Simard is founder of the Center for Oncology Psychology Excellence (COPE) at the University of Denver. She also serves as Executive Vice President and is a shareholder and board member of Bye Aerospace in Denver, the developer of the eFlyer family of electric aircraft.

After completing treatment for late Stage III breast cancer in 2015, Diane founded COPE, the first specialty in the country to help train graduate-level clinical psychology students how to work with cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. Her career experience includes service on several corporate boards and she serves as a business mentor through private engagements. Diane has been a keynote speaker at numerous women in business leadership events and posts a monthly blog on her website, www.DianeMSimard.com.
Diane was named an Outstanding Woman in Energy in 2019, the Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation's 2017 honoree, the 2016 Outstanding Woman in Business in Technology and Telecom by the Denver Business Journal and received the Bob Cardenas Award for her support of veterans and the military. In addition, she was the Aurora Chamber Woman of the Year and a Mile High Girl Scouts Woman of Distinction. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Nebraska-Kearney.