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Cancer, Chaos & Courage: Finding hope and meaning in life’s hardest moments
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By: Avril Tierney
Publisher: Orla Kelly Publishing
Published: September 2026
Pages: 186
Categories: Lifestyle, Non-Fiction
Language: English
Available as: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9781917728409

Written as a practical and emotional lifeline, the book addresses anyone navigating a cancer diagnosis, chronic illness, or profound grief. Unlike traditional recovery memoirs written from the safe distance of hindsight, it meets readers directly in the "messy middle" of fear, rage, and exhaustion. It redefines courage not as having all the answers, but as taking small, manageable steps forward when life takes unexpected turns. It draws extensively on Tierney’s professional background in psychotherapy and her lived experience after being diagnosed with aggressive triple-negative breast cancer at age 41.

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