Discovering you are at risk allows you to make informed choices about lifestyle and medical interventions. But genetic information may still leave individuals overwhelmed by anxiety and fear. Learn about women who are coming to grips with the information of their genetic and medical tests.

In this moving memoir, a renowned feminist scholar explores the physical and psychological ordeal of living with ovarian cancer.

"After surviving a difficult heartbreak and battle with cancer, Julia Baird began to explore how she and others persevere through the most challenging circumstances life throws at us. She asks: when our world goes dark, when we are overwhelmed by illnessor heartbreak, loss or pain, tragedy outside our control, how do we survive, stay alive and even bloom? She went in search of "the magic that will sustain us and fuel the light within - our own phosphorescence...

"One woman's brave journey to take action against her genetic predisposition to cancer. After a routine pap smear in 2009, Angela Schmidt Fishbaugh discovered that she had tested positive for BRCA1, a genetic trait that predisposed her to breast and ovarian cancer. After her initial shock-and subsequent to consulting with medical professionals, friends, and family-the proactive mother and teacher embarked on a mission to nip the issue at the bud....

Discusses the author's seventy-six-year-old mother's prolonged bout with cancer and ultimate decision to end the agonizing pain by committing suicide.