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AOTW: Why did you decide to write a book about breast cancer?
Dr. Jane Plant: Because I am a scientist and I had accumulated a lot of important information following my recovery against the odds from breast cancer. I had had breast cancer five times and had been given only three months to live when I discovered what I believe saved my life. I thought other women should have access to this information so I wrote a book translating the science into language that everyone can understand and putting it in the form of a scientific detective story.
Jennie Nash: I've been waiting all my life for a good story to tell. I knew from the start that this was it --- a story about life, death and lingerie. The idea with writing, of course, is to touch people, but I had no idea how strongly my book would resonate.
Laney Katz Becker: I knew very little about it and had a lot of misconceptions before I was diagnosed. Writing a book was an opportunity to share what I'd learned. I felt that writing a novel was an ideal way to reach survivors, but also a great way to get information out to all women who might be too fearful or intimidated to reach for a memoir. Besides, I'd never read a book about breast cancer until after I was diagnosed. (I wish I'd had the information sooner, because once you're in the breast cancer arena, you're on overload...not exactly the best time to be processing information, you know?). A novel that was an equal combination of friendship/breast cancer story seemed the way to go.
Barbara Delinsky: One of my recent novels, Coast Road, had a secondary character who was a 40-something, attractive, successful, energetic woman who also happened to be a breast cancer survivor. I received more fan mail on this character than on any other I’ve ever created. Clearly women were telling me that they wanted this kind of positive role model. At the same time, I was seven years out of my own breast cancer diagnosis, and knew that a book was badly needed offering practical tips and upbeat anecdotes --- nothing medical, all non-threatening, helpful, and comforting --- to those dealing with this disease. Putting two and two together, I used my reader base to solicit contributions, and the project became the book titled Uplift: Secrets From the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors.
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