Calendar Girl Blog: Tickles Tabitha's Cancer-Tankerous Mommy
Amelia Frahm sent me a review copy of her children's book Tickles Tabitha's Cancer-tankerous Mommy . Beautifully illustrated, the story offers a child's perspective of mommy's cancer-tankerous moods during cancer treatment.
. Beautifully illustrated, the story offers a child's perspective of mommy's cancer-tankerous moods during cancer treatment.I'm of the mind that children should be given details about issues faced by families. It's naive to assume that by shushing conversations within ear shot of kids, they will be kept protected from the truth of illness.
Kids are very intuitive. If details of what is actually going on are not shared, children will make up their own story. I remember clearly being six year's old and being told my bed ridden mother was tired. I understood tired but what my mom was demonstrating seemed much more than that. I was sure that she was angry with me.
When the ambulance came to take her to the hospital, I was shocked and mad as hell. My family had lied to me.
Cancer treatments are no picnic in the park. Amelia makes that clear in her book, without sacrificing the clear message of love for her family. If you are a mom going through cancer treatment, I would highly recommend this book.
Calendar Girl would go even farther. With the sheer number of cancer related illnesses surrounding us, Tickles Tabitha's Cancer-tankerous Mommy would be good reading for any family. Just click on the cover or link to order from Amazon.
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posted by Sue Richards at 12:22 PM
2 Comments:
Sue,
Thank-you for your intuitive comments about Tickles Tabitha's Cancer-tankerous Mommy. What a wonderful review and I appreciate it. You immediately grasped one of the reasons I wrote this book. Well-meaning people often have a tendency to tiptoe around certain issues especially when it pertains to children.
I'll never forget sending out a manuscript of this book and being told the Mommy was too mean. This was pre- Internet days. It took me a long time to get over the shame of feeling I must be the only ungrateful cancer surviving mother ever to behave so badly. With today's reality TV shows saying that about my children's book is almost laughable but that's what's great about blogging you realize you're not alone.
Gawd forbid that a mother demonstrate anything but patience and understanding....regardless of how much pain they are enduring or how ugly the treatment.
I wish you well with your book sales. Thanks so much for contacting me.
Sue
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