Her Battle My Lessons Our Journey: A Husband's Account Up Close & Very Personal (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781647755881)

In the war against cancer, we have heard many stories about the strength, perseverance, fortitude, and sheer force of the world's female breast cancer warriors. By their own accounts, the prospect of victory would be bleak without a consistent support battalion. In his debut book, new author Shawn C. Mackey, Sr., offers a candid yet passionate account of his wife's and his fight against breast cancer from the perspective of the ones most ill-equipped but forced on the frontline, the husbands.

With fears, weaknesses, and vulnerabilities put on full display, this book is filled with guidance, hope, inspiration, and love. It is born out of the necessity of attempting to make sense of the effects of cancer. Most importantly, Shawn gives a raw account of how those effects can affect the communication, intimacy, and peace in your marriage or relationship. While the husbands of cancer victims do not physically carry cancer in their bodies, they do carry its burden mentally, emotionally, and spiritually - bravely and boldly, welcoming the fight alongside their wives. The cancer journey is like none other. There is no preparation. It is like being thrown into the deep end of an ocean and forced to learn - not just how to swim - but how to survive. Until now, no other "how-to" book has given such a transparent account of how husbands and wives cry, laugh, strategize, make life-altering decisions and sacrifices, and function as a team to survive this ferocious intruder- cancer.