{"product_id":"coping-with-the-big-c-colleen-pelar-9781933562100","title":"Coping with the Big C: Compassion: A Left-Brained Introvert Deals with Caring Family, Friends and, Oh Yeah, Cancer","description":"\u003cp\u003eJack Pelar is an introvert. He really does like people . . . just in small doses. He enjoys spending time with them . . . for a while. He wants to be the center of attention . . . on his terms. And he thinks that asking him how he's feeling is a legitimate question . . . if you are his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Jack was diagnosed with a rare sinus cancer, everything changed. In addition to dealing with doctors, medical tests, and insurance companies, Jack had to cope with worried friends, family, and coworkers. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEveryone wanted to know, \"How are you feeling?\" And they didn't ask just once; some asked every day \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince hiding in a cave and avoiding all human contact was not an option, Jack had to develop some new coping skills and fast  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis left-brained way of thinking, stubborn determination, and quirky sense of humor carried him through the hardest year of his life. His wife, Colleen, spent the year trying to cope with how Jack was coping. Jack and Colleen share the good and the bad in this uncomfortably funny journal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCoping with the Big C: Compassion\u003c\/em\u003e gives you a fresh perspective on cancer. You won't be the same after reading this book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"If you're curious about the real details of a lengthy cancer experience-gory, practical, and enlightening-this book will be a mind-opening experience, whether you are left-brained, right-brained, or something in between.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKatrina Firlik, MD, author of \u003cem\u003eAnother Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colleen Pelar, Jack Pelar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1933562102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933562100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dream Dog Productions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.54d","brand":"Colleen Pelar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46795403526399,"sku":"9781933562100","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b080af3-c93e-4deb-9ba2-81e822b28b5b.jpg?v=1744947495","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coping-with-the-big-c-colleen-pelar-9781933562100","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}