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    By Leigh Jeffery

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    This book chronicles the path from discovery to cancer diagnosis, through treatment to a year on down the line. The roller coaster of turmoil and emotion the author went through is charted in these poems. From the initial shock and disbelief there follows fear, confusion, planning, plotting, anguish and anger. There is also humour and a hopeful ending.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAustin Macauley Publishers
    Release dateAug 30, 2019
    ISBN9781528961615
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    Author

    Leigh Jeffery

    Having been an avid reader and writer for most of her life, this is Leigh's first published work. She is a proud mum and nanny who enjoys crafts, knitting, sewing and puzzles but not cooking. She likes nature, peace, quiet and solitude but not the fast-paced buzz of modern technology. She is the tortoise, not the hare.

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      0 BC to 1 AD - Leigh Jeffery

      About the Author

      Having been an avid reader and writer for most of her life, this is Leigh’s first published work. She is a proud mum and nanny who enjoys crafts, knitting, sewing and puzzles but not cooking. She likes nature, peace, quiet and solitude but not the fast-paced buzz of modern technology. She is the tortoise, not the hare.

      Dedication

      To my daughters with love and gratitude.

      And to fellow travellers on one of life’s ‘C’ roads.

      Leigh Jeffery

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      (Before Cancer) – (After Diagnosis)

      Copyright Information

      Copyright © Leigh Jeffery (2019)

      The right of Leigh Jeffery to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers.

      Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

      A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.

      ISBN 9781528916592 (Paperback)

      ISBN 9781528961615 (ePub e-book)

      www.austinmacauley.com

      First Published (2019)

      Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd

      25 Canada Square

      Canary Wharf

      London

      E14 5LQ

      Acknowledgements

      For their skill, patience and caring I thank all of the hospital staff I came into contact with. May your light continue to shine on those who need it.

      For the love, support and just being there, I thank my family who have a special place in my heart.

      For friends, some old and some new, know you are loved and appreciated too.

      For all at Austin Macauley Publishers without whom your hands would now be empty. Thank you.

      Discovery

      Yesterday was a normal day.

      Today, not so

      For it is a turn-your-world-upside-down day.

      I am clean, damp and warm

      Water drips from my hair, I smell of jasmine flowers

      And a step was all it took.

      Out from the shower

      To in front of the mirror

      Where I saw something I didn’t want to see.

      Stare, peer, look again.

      I blinked but I was not blinkered

      So it did not go away.

      Tentatively, my hand rose up

      To touch this shadow place

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