*CONTEST ENDED. WINNER ANNOUNCED.*

I was a bit concerned that reading a book about young people who have cancer would be depressing, but I was totally wrong.  Perseverance by Carolyn Rubenstein inspired me and helped me to think differently about my life. Learning how people who were still in the process of believing that nothing bad could happen to them, then getting a diagnosis of cancer and living through treatments that hurt body and mind, coped could only make me cheer them on, not cry for them.

And that is what Carolyn Rubenstein wants to accomplish with her book – share with us their hope and inspiration. At the age of 14, Carolyn volunteered at a camp for children with cancer. Because of that, she founded a non-profit called Carolyn’s Compasionate Children (CCC) which first connected children with cancer with pen pals who didn’t have cancer and now provides college scholarships for young people diagnosed with cancer. CCC still exists. Ms. Rubenstein’s book is an expansion of her work.

You’ll meet 20 college students who share in their own words, their experience with cancer and how they have learned that life is precious, that every moment is a gift, even the difficult ones, and that they are not heroes, instead they are able to use their positive thought process to cope. (Please don’t think that this is a blame those who don’t survive book, it’s not.) Ms. Ruvenstein adds to each story an introduction and a summary.

This is not only for people with cancer or life-threatening diseases. Anyone can learn from these stories. And believe me, you will.

Learn more about Carolyn Rubenstein and her beliefs about perseverance by visiting her website. You can also read her blog, A Beautiful Ripple Effect.

Giveaway: Win a copy of Perseverance: True Voices of Cancer Survivors.

The Rules:

1. Contest starts now and ends Tuesday, Sept. 1st at midnight EST.
2. Open to people in the US.
3. Winner will be chosen by Random.org.
4. Winner has 2 days to claim prize.
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