Foiled Creative Fire

The origin of this book came about fairly soon after the author's own experience of breast cancer, when she heard similar stories told by others in her support group, of traumatic life events followed by depression, followed by cancer. She began to explore the lives of women in history who experienced breast cancer, and found a similar pattern, from Anne of Austria (1601-1666) to Audre Lorde (1934-1992). It tells the stories of women through the ages who experienced breast cancer, at times when