Nancy A. (Chocoholic) reviewed on 1/27/2012 + 291 more book reviews

I received this book from a GoodReads drawing and I put off reading it for some time because I was afraid that it would be a "dry" or otherwise boring read. Boy, was I pleasantly surprised to read this. This inspirational book is part biography, part how to start a cancer foundation. Susan G. Komen was Nancy Brinker's older sister who died far too young of breast cancer in a time of history when breast cancer was simply not talked about. Inspired by her sister's last words to her, Nancy kept her promise and created the Susan G. Komen for the cure foundation from scratch. Of course it's not always smooth sailing; there's always a few bumps in the road. Interspersed with Nancy's biographical story are brief chapters about the early days of her breast cancer foundation or mini-bios of people affected by breast cancer. Overall, a very inspiring and well-written story that held my interest quite well for all 350 pages.

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