Launch of Not Done Yet

Launch of Not Done Yet by Laurie Kingston
Thursday, May 7 at 7:00 p.m.
First Ave. Daycare
73 First Ave. (entrance through O'Connor St. parking lot)

Not Done Yet opens a window on one woman's journey through breast cancer treatment, recovery, recurrence, and beyond. When she found a lump in her breast in December 2005, Laurie Kingston was thirty-eight, with an active life, a family, and a demanding job. A diagnosis of breast cancer was nowhere on her radar screen. But when that diagnosis was confirmed months later, Laurie began writing a blog. She wanted to process her reactions and express what she was feeling. Above all, she wanted to write about her experience in her own way.

Spanning a two-year period, the entries are written matter-of-factly, in clear and engaging language. They take the reader from first diagnosis and what that meant personally and professionally, to preparing for treatments, learning how to ask questions of hospital caregivers, and coping with the physical hardships of undergoing chemotherapy.

Not Done Yet will speak to those who are going through the same experience, those who know someone who is, or anyone who has wondered about living joyfully when life has been turned upside down.