Deborah Lang
Hampton
About the Book
Slapped Awake
by Deborah Lang Hampton
2007 Edition: Perfect Bound; 5.5 x 8.5; 220 pages
ISBN: 1-933912-30-8
$16.95
When a diagnosis of breast cancer upended her life in
her early 40's, Deborah Hampton found herself
confronted not only with medical and treatment issues,
but larger issues about what it means to be a woman,
to be fully alive, and to make sense of suffering and
adversity. The persistence of her breast cancer over a
decade has forced her to forge a relationship with her
disease and to create a life that includes the presence of
cancer as a partner. Her honesty, courage, and humor
in this journey provide one woman's map into enemy
territory and a guide to befriending an adversary.