Some books and movies make us think. Some make us laugh or cry. Some are educational and others are just plain fun. And, then some do all of the above. Below is a list of personal memoirs, self-help and reference books created to share information and stories of those who have experienced hereditary cancer. You will also find films written about or directed by members of our community.
If you have a book or film you would like added to this list or if you would like to write a blog post about your book/film, please send it to karenk@facingourrisk.org. Edited blog posts (up to 500 words) are subject to further editing and approval.
Hereditary Cancer Books
Confronting Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Identify Your Risk, Understand Your Options, Change Your Destiny
By Sue Friedman, Rebecca Sutphen, M.D., and Kathy Steligo
Angela’s Decision: Outsmarting My Cancer Genes and Determining My Fate
By Angela Schmidt Fishbaugh
Annie Parker Decoded: The Story that Inspired the Film
By Anne Parker
The Best of Times, A Celebration of Life
By Lori Haber Buckfire
Beyond the Pink Moon and The Pink Moon Lovelies, Empowering Stories of SurvivalI
By Nicki Boscia Durlester
Breast Cancer Surgery and Reconstruction: What’s Right for You
By Patricia Anstett
The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook
By Kathy Steligo
Breathless Intimacy
By Cynthia Leeds Friedlander
The Bucket List
By Georgia Clark
Cancer Time Bomb: How the BRCA Gene Stole My Tits and Eggs
By Joelle Burnette
Dangerous Boobies: Breaking Up With My Time-Bomb Breasts
By Caitlin Brodnick
Hurdles - When Cancer Strikes a Family
By Michael C. Kesler, PhD
I’m Still Standing: My Fight Against Hereditary Breast Cancer
By Wendy Watson
It’s Probably Nothing – Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Implants
By Micki Myers
Kicking Cancer in the Kitchen: The Girlfriend’s Cookbook and Guide to Using Real Food to Fight Cancer
By Annette Ramke and Kendall Scott
By Samantha Paige
Leaving Long Island
By Fern Kupfer
Life in Asymmetry
By Raychel Kubby Adler
Life Lessons After Breast Cancer: Tips, Tricks, and Stories About Life After Breast Cancer
By Judith Niedzwiedz
Lissa: A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution
By Sherine Hamdy and Coleman Nye
Mom’s Genes: Empowering Children to Learn About Their Family Health History
By Shannon Pulaski
By Janice Anne Wheeler
Now What? A Patient’s Guide to Recovery After Mastectomy
By Amy Curran Baker
Previvors
By Dina Roth Port
Probably Someday Cancer: Genetic Risk and Preventative Mastectomy
By Kim Horner
Resurrection Lily: The BRCA Gene, Hereditary Cancer & Lifesaving Whispers from the Grandmother I Never Knew: A Memoir
By Amy Byer Shainman
Sir, You Have Breast Cancer!
By Harvey I. Singer
Understanding BRCA: Living with the breast cancer gene
By Clarissa Foster
What We Have
By Amy Boesky
Why Is Mommy Having Surgery? She Looks OK to Me (Read our blog on this book) and This Much I Know
By Heather Barnard
Hereditary Cancer Movies, Videos, and DVDs
Decoding Annie Parker
By Steven Bernstein
In the Family
By Joanna Rudnick
The Mutant Diaries: Unzipping My Genes DVDs
By Eva Moon
Pink and Blue
By Alan Blassberg