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Name: Cancer in two voices
Author: Sandra Butler

Cancer in Two Voices is a biographical collaboration between Barbara Rosenblum and Sandra Butler that emerged after Rosenblum’s breast cancer diagnosis. The book presents a series of journal entries and letters that detail the progression of the disease, the medical and emotional challenges faced, and the intimate dynamics of their partnership. Through alternating perspectives, it offers an intimate look at both the patient's experience and the role of a partner coping with a life‑changing illness.

First publish date: 1991

Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir

Authors: Sandra Butler

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