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Anastacia Faraci
Anastacia is not a writer by her own estimation. She doesn't earn her living by writing. The story came to her in a dream in June of 2007. She dreamt
highlights of the story from beginning to end ...ver másAnastacia is not a writer by her own estimation. She doesn't earn her living by writing. The story came to her in a dream in June of 2007. She dreamt
highlights of the story from beginning to end about a city she has never been to, and a lake she has never seen. When she woke, the story so impressed
her, she felt compelled to write it.
She had all of the main scenes so all she had to do was "connect the dots" so to speak. She drew upon her own experiences, both personal and medical to
do this.
Shortly after beginning the story, she felt the need to get a medical checkup-since the protagonist in the story is a nurse who is diagnosed with
breast cancer for the second time. In July of 2007, one month after her dream, she was diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time. She underwent
a total mastectomy and reconstruction in 2007 - 19 years after the first occurrence. So, in essence, the dream saved her life.
She believes God had a plan when He blessed her with this dream and the words and ability to put it on paper. And when she went to church after being
diagnosed and heard the words of inspiration by Dr. Kenneth Harper, Pastor of Green Valley Presbyterian Church, she realized God's plan was not only to
save her life, but to encourage other women to be vigilant in guarding their health, and to send a message of hope to women everywhere stricken with
this dreadful, disfiguring, and deadly disease. Throughout the long journey toward recovery, she continued to work on her book, and many of the medical
procedures she endured are graphically detailed in order to focus on what a woman goes through to save her life. Through the story, she hopes to impart
insight to health-care professionals, husbands, lovers, relatives and friends, as to the enormous emotional turmoil a woman suffers through this
horrific ordeal, and through enlightenment, she hopes they will be better able to offer the patience and support so desperately needed.ver menos