How Breast Cancer Changed My Life

The Possibility of Joy: How Breast Cancer Changed My Life

By Hilene Flanzbaum
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the October 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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A terrifying illness gave Hilene Flanzbaum an identity so shockingly focused, satisfying, and purely her that she could hardly believe it.

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