GIVEAWAY ENDED GIVEAWAY EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 1!
How a Sister's Love Launched the
Global Movement to End Breast Cancer
BY NANCY G. BRINKER
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Growing up, Nancy and her sister Suzy were inseparable, with the elegant, socially poised Suzy serving as younger sister Nancy's best friend and role model. Then in 1977, at the age of thirty-four, Suzy was stricken with breast cancer. Three years later, having endured an uninformed doctor, surgeries that left her feeling mutilated and stripped of her sexuality, and fighting through several grueling courses of chemotherapy and radiation, Susan G. Komen lay dying. Toward the end, she begged her sister to do something, anything, to make sure that other women with breast cancer would not have to suffer as she had from the ravages of this disease.
NANCY G. BRINKER is the founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. She has served as Ambassador to Hungary and United States Chief of Protocol and is currently the Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control for the United Nations World Health Organization. She has been the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. Visit Nancy at nancygbrinker.com.
JONI RODGERS is the New York Times bestselling author of Bald in the Land of Big Hair, a memoir of her cancer treatment and recovery.
Promise Me is the story of how that vow launched Nancy on a thirty-year-long mission to change the way the world thought of, spoke of, and treated breast cancer. Brinker’s unparalleled success at turning $200 and a list of would-be donors into a movement that has saved the lives of millions of women was recognized by President Obama in August 2009, when he awarded Brinker the Presidential Medal of Freedom. "In the months after making that promise," the President noted, "Nancy lay awake at night wondering if one person can really make a difference. Nancy's life is the answer."
By sharing Promise Me with your own sister or your loved one, together you can join the global movement to end breast cancer.
Learn More: Click on the Join the Promise Me banner above to find out how you can get a copy of the book signed and sent to a loved one for free when you buy your own copy. Doing this will help the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization continue their important work as you become part of the cure!
Post an Excerpt from Promise Me on your social network site or blog.
GIVEAWAYGrowing up, Nancy and her sister Suzy were inseparable, with the elegant, socially poised Suzy serving as younger sister Nancy's best friend and role model. Then in 1977, at the age of thirty-four, Suzy was stricken with breast cancer. Three years later, having endured an uninformed doctor, surgeries that left her feeling mutilated and stripped of her sexuality, and fighting through several grueling courses of chemotherapy and radiation, Susan G. Komen lay dying. Toward the end, she begged her sister to do something, anything, to make sure that other women with breast cancer would not have to suffer as she had from the ravages of this disease.
"Promise me, Nanny," she said. "Promise me you won’t let it go on like this."
Her heart broken, Nancy promised: "I swear, Suzy. Even if it takes the rest of my life."
At that moment, Susan G. Komen for the Cure was born.
NANCY G. BRINKER is the founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. She has served as Ambassador to Hungary and United States Chief of Protocol and is currently the Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control for the United Nations World Health Organization. She has been the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. Visit Nancy at nancygbrinker.com. JONI RODGERS is the New York Times bestselling author of Bald in the Land of Big Hair, a memoir of her cancer treatment and recovery.
THE PROMISE ME/FOR MY SISTER CAMPAIGN:
By sharing Promise Me with your own sister or your loved one, together you can join the global movement to end breast cancer.
Learn More: Click on the Join the Promise Me banner above to find out how you can get a copy of the book signed and sent to a loved one for free when you buy your own copy. Doing this will help the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization continue their important work as you become part of the cure!
Post an Excerpt from Promise Me on your social network site or blog.
Download the Promise Me Readers' Guide, and plan to hold a reading group with your friends and family. Encourage your local bookstore or library to do the same.
Engage at Facebook.com/SusanGKomenfortheCure. Join the conversation in the "Promise Me by Nancy G. Brinker Facebook Event."
THANKS TO JULIE AND THE PEOPLE AT
CROWN PUBLISHING I HAVE ONE COPY OF
THIS AMAZING BOOK TO GIVE AWAY.
IT IS MY HOPE THAT MANY OF YOU WILL
WANT TO BUY YOUR OWN COPY AND SEND
THE SPECIAL EDITION SIGNED COPY TO A
LOVED ONE. AS WE GET NEAR THE END OF
THIS GIVEAWAY, MORE COPIES MAY
BECOME AVAILABLE BUT MORE ABOUT
THAT LATER WHEN YOU READ MY REVIEW.
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