Outside the Lines: Of Love, Life, and Cancer: This Is a True Story of Empowerment During Catastrophic Illness

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Summary: As a butterfly struggles from it's cocoon, Life Begins...
Review: Each page of her book uncovers another layer of this beautiful lady's soul. You cannot help but to be drawn into her precious life and experiences. During your reading of this book, you too will experience a spiritual metamorphosis. Read it. Experience it. Find healing.

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Summary: As a butterfly struggles from it's cocoon, Life Begins...
Review: Each page of her book uncovers another layer of this beautiful lady's soul. You cannot help but to be drawn into her precious life and experiences. During your reading of this book, you too will experience a spiritual metamorphosis. Read it. Experience it. Find healing.

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Summary: Outside the Lines of love, life, and cancer
Review: I am recommending this book as a must-read to everyone I know. It's one of the most compelling stories of survival I've read in a long while. Each chapter is filled with inspiration and courage gained not from what happened, but what the author makes of what happened. Her outlook on life and the brilliant strategy she created to support her through her tortuous ordeal, and the healing that followed, is a hope filled lesson for readers about living life fully - with or without a diagnosis of cancer. I can truly envision Ms. Mattern's story being told on the big screen someday soon.

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Summary: Truly inspiring
Review: Ms. Mattern is a true hero. Her story has given me a new perspective on living. In the face of death, she saw life. I can only pray that I would possess half the courage she had while fighting cancer if ever I find myself in a similar situation. Her book will leave you with a whirlwind of emotions; I laughed and cried. The book is a beautiful composition of an amazing woman's will to live. Her family and friends were her backbone, never letting her fall. I highly recommend this book; it's a must-read for all.

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Summary: An excellent read - written from the heart - life changing
Review: The writing is first class. This story is a riveting chronology of a compelling life. It is a must read for everyone facing great challenges in their life, for all those who love someone facing great challenges and for everyone else because we are all vulnerable. The open disclosure and emotional honesty is heartwarming. This book provides paths to success for others - it changed my view and approach to cancer and enriched my view of love. I would rate this book more than five stars if given the choice.

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Summary: An excellent read - written from the heart - life changing
Review: The writing is first class. This story is a riveting chronology of a compelling life. It is a must read for everyone facing great challenges in their life, for all those who love someone facing great challenges and for everyone else because we are all vulnerable. The open disclosure and emotional honesty is heartwarming. This book provides paths to success for others - it changed my view and approach to cancer and enriched my view of love. I would rate this book more than five stars if given the choice.

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Summary: Outstanding Story
Review: This book is a testimony of a woman standing in the face of insurmountable odds and creating a recovery plan that goes beyond the traditional western model. It is a spiritual journey. The author used all of her stored up business skills to make her treatment and recovery a team effort. Loved it!!!

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Summary: A Powerful Story About Life, Illness, Strength and A Future
Review: This is an inspiring book about a person's recognition, struggle and successful battle with a catastrophic illness. How does she reach down and find the strength to fight this cancer? How does she use all of her resourses and strengths and rely on friends and family for help? It's a must read since we will all have someone in our life...if not ourselves...who will deal with this.
This book is so real, so informative, at times lightened with humor but always a powerful story.