Marc Silver is the author of Breast Cancer Husband. He is currently deputy editor for text at National Geographic magazine and lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Maya Silver lives in Crested Butte, CO, where she works at the Office for Resource Efficiency. She won the Diane Vreuls Fiction Prize at Oberlin College in 2008 and has contributed to U.S. News & World Report and Washington Post Express.

"Every household with children should have access to this book. It answers more questions than I would have ever considered myself and it puts a perspective on the importance of how this disease changes everyone's life. ... It also reminds us that if we always consider each other and respect each other and work together, we can get through anything that life brings our way – including cancer." - Let Life Happen

• CONTENTSIntroductionChapter 1 THE NEWS1.1 A Hunch1.2 Why Your Parents Told You the Way They Did1.3 Why You Reacted the Way You Did1.4 A Charged WordChapter 2 CANCER 1012.1 The Big Question Marks2.2 Treatments and Their Side Effects2.3 The Cure: Why Isn't There One Yet?2.4 True or False2.5 Tell Me More!Chapter 3 LET'S TALK: HOW TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY COMMUNICATION LINES WIDE OPEN3.1 How Much Do You Want to Know?3.2 What If You're Out of the Loop?3.3 Reality Check: How Far in the Know Can You Go?3.4 How to Keep Talking...Even If It's in WritingChapter 4 HOW THINGS WILL CHANGE DURING CANCER4.1 Teenage Change Is Normal!4.2 Cancer Sneaking Up on You4.3 Changes to Expect4.4 Changes in Your Parent4.5 SiblingsChapter 5 PARENTIFICATION5.1 How It Happens5.2 Catching a Break5.3 Silence Isn't Golden5.4 The Big PictureChapter 6 DEALING WITH STRESS6.1 How to Beat the Cancer Blues6.2 Exploring the OptionsChapter 7 RISKY BUSINESS7.1 Former Bad Boys: Gary and Jose Turn It Around7.2 Former Bad Girls: True ConfessionsChapter 8 THE POWER (AND THE LIMITS) OF OPTIMISM AND FAITH8.1 Think Positive8.2 Faith and SpiritualityChapter 9 THE BENEFIT OF FRIENDS9.1 What You Do (and Don't) Want from Your Friends9.2 Girls Are from Mercury, Boys Are from Neptune9.3 Accepting Help9.4 Have Fun with Your Friends If You Can9.5 But Can They Still Come Over?9.6 Social Networks: Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, and More9.7 Dealing with Friend Problems9.8 New FriendsChapter 10 SCHOOL DAZE10.1 School = More Stress or a Place to Escape?10.2 To Announce or Not to Announce10.3 Telling the School10.4 How the School Can Help10.5 Dilemmas, Dilemmas10.6 Keeping Grades Up10.7 The Need to Achieve10.8 Pulling a BuellerChapter 11 SEEKING SUPPORT11.1 The Adult Who Knows You11.2 Seeing a Therapist11.3 Group SupportChapter 12 FACING A DIRE PROGNOSIS12.1 Facing the News12.2 How Long Do We Have?12.3 When the Bad News Isn't All Bad12.4 Finding Hope When Things Seem Hopeless12.5 Living for the Moment12.6 A Different Kind of Hope12.7 What If You Feel Closer to the Parent with Cancer?12.8 Avoidance12.9 Making MemoriesChapter 13 LOSING A PARENT TO CANCER13.1 A Dictionary of Emotions13.2 Mourning Doesn't Come with an Expiration Date13.3 All Kinds of Questions13.4 Life Goes On13.5 Dealing with Your Emotions13.6 School Can Be a Comfort...or a Pain13.7 Music Can Make It Better13.8 Staying ConnectedChapter 14 THE NEW NORMAL: LIFE AFTER CANCER14.1 What Happens Now?14.2 New Normal Hiccups and Surprises14.3 Struggling in the Aftermath14.4 Becoming an Activist14.5 Same Old You14.6 Silver LiningsAppendix A THE CAMP FOR KIDS COPING WITH A PARENT'S CANCERAppendix B IN THEIR OWN WORDSAppendix C THE PARENTS' GUIDEAppendix D RESOURCESAcknowledgmentsAbout the Authors

Marc Silver is the author of Breast Cancer Husband. He is currently deputy editor for text at National Geographic magazine and lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Maya Silver lives in Crested Butte, CO, where she works at the Office for Resource Efficiency. She won the Diane Vreuls Fiction Prize at Oberlin College in 2008 and has contributed to U.S. News & World Report and Washington Post Express.

"Every household with children should have access to this book. It answers more questions than I would have ever considered myself and it puts a perspective on the importance of how this disease changes everyone's life. ... It also reminds us that if we always consider each other and respect each other and work together, we can get through anything that life brings our way – including cancer." - Let Life Happen

• CONTENTSIntroductionChapter 1 THE NEWS1.1 A Hunch1.2 Why Your Parents Told You the Way They Did1.3 Why You Reacted the Way You Did1.4 A Charged WordChapter 2 CANCER 1012.1 The Big Question Marks2.2 Treatments and Their Side Effects2.3 The Cure: Why Isn't There One Yet?2.4 True or False2.5 Tell Me More!Chapter 3 LET'S TALK: HOW TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY COMMUNICATION LINES WIDE OPEN3.1 How Much Do You Want to Know?3.2 What If You're Out of the Loop?3.3 Reality Check: How Far in the Know Can You Go?3.4 How to Keep Talking...Even If It's in WritingChapter 4 HOW THINGS WILL CHANGE DURING CANCER4.1 Teenage Change Is Normal!4.2 Cancer Sneaking Up on You4.3 Changes to Expect4.4 Changes in Your Parent4.5 SiblingsChapter 5 PARENTIFICATION5.1 How It Happens5.2 Catching a Break5.3 Silence Isn't Golden5.4 The Big PictureChapter 6 DEALING WITH STRESS6.1 How to Beat the Cancer Blues6.2 Exploring the OptionsChapter 7 RISKY BUSINESS7.1 Former Bad Boys: Gary and Jose Turn It Around7.2 Former Bad Girls: True ConfessionsChapter 8 THE POWER (AND THE LIMITS) OF OPTIMISM AND FAITH8.1 Think Positive8.2 Faith and SpiritualityChapter 9 THE BENEFIT OF FRIENDS9.1 What You Do (and Don't) Want from Your Friends9.2 Girls Are from Mercury, Boys Are from Neptune9.3 Accepting Help9.4 Have Fun with Your Friends If You Can9.5 But Can They Still Come Over?9.6 Social Networks: Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, and More9.7 Dealing with Friend Problems9.8 New FriendsChapter 10 SCHOOL DAZE10.1 School = More Stress or a Place to Escape?10.2 To Announce or Not to Announce10.3 Telling the School10.4 How the School Can Help10.5 Dilemmas, Dilemmas10.6 Keeping Grades Up10.7 The Need to Achieve10.8 Pulling a BuellerChapter 11 SEEKING SUPPORT11.1 The Adult Who Knows You11.2 Seeing a Therapist11.3 Group SupportChapter 12 FACING A DIRE PROGNOSIS12.1 Facing the News12.2 How Long Do We Have?12.3 When the Bad News Isn't All Bad12.4 Finding Hope When Things Seem Hopeless12.5 Living for the Moment12.6 A Different Kind of Hope12.7 What If You Feel Closer to the Parent with Cancer?12.8 Avoidance12.9 Making MemoriesChapter 13 LOSING A PARENT TO CANCER13.1 A Dictionary of Emotions13.2 Mourning Doesn't Come with an Expiration Date13.3 All Kinds of Questions13.4 Life Goes On13.5 Dealing with Your Emotions13.6 School Can Be a Comfort...or a Pain13.7 Music Can Make It Better13.8 Staying ConnectedChapter 14 THE NEW NORMAL: LIFE AFTER CANCER14.1 What Happens Now?14.2 New Normal Hiccups and Surprises14.3 Struggling in the Aftermath14.4 Becoming an Activist14.5 Same Old You14.6 Silver LiningsAppendix A THE CAMP FOR KIDS COPING WITH A PARENT'S CANCERAppendix B IN THEIR OWN WORDSAppendix C THE PARENTS' GUIDEAppendix D RESOURCESAcknowledgmentsAbout the Authors

Marc Silver is the author of Breast Cancer Husband. He is currently deputy editor for text at National Geographic magazine and lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Maya Silver lives in Crested Butte, CO, where she works at the Office for Resource Efficiency. She won the Diane Vreuls Fiction Prize at Oberlin College in 2008 and has contributed to U.S. News & World Report and Washington Post Express.

"Every household with children should have access to this book. It answers more questions than I would have ever considered myself and it puts a perspective on the importance of how this disease changes everyone's life. ... It also reminds us that if we always consider each other and respect each other and work together, we can get through anything that life brings our way – including cancer." - Let Life Happen

• CONTENTSIntroductionChapter 1 THE NEWS1.1 A Hunch1.2 Why Your Parents Told You the Way They Did1.3 Why You Reacted the Way You Did1.4 A Charged WordChapter 2 CANCER 1012.1 The Big Question Marks2.2 Treatments and Their Side Effects2.3 The Cure: Why Isn't There One Yet?2.4 True or False2.5 Tell Me More!Chapter 3 LET'S TALK: HOW TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY COMMUNICATION LINES WIDE OPEN3.1 How Much Do You Want to Know?3.2 What If You're Out of the Loop?3.3 Reality Check: How Far in the Know Can You Go?3.4 How to Keep Talking...Even If It's in WritingChapter 4 HOW THINGS WILL CHANGE DURING CANCER4.1 Teenage Change Is Normal!4.2 Cancer Sneaking Up on You4.3 Changes to Expect4.4 Changes in Your Parent4.5 SiblingsChapter 5 PARENTIFICATION5.1 How It Happens5.2 Catching a Break5.3 Silence Isn't Golden5.4 The Big PictureChapter 6 DEALING WITH STRESS6.1 How to Beat the Cancer Blues6.2 Exploring the OptionsChapter 7 RISKY BUSINESS7.1 Former Bad Boys: Gary and Jose Turn It Around7.2 Former Bad Girls: True ConfessionsChapter 8 THE POWER (AND THE LIMITS) OF OPTIMISM AND FAITH8.1 Think Positive8.2 Faith and SpiritualityChapter 9 THE BENEFIT OF FRIENDS9.1 What You Do (and Don't) Want from Your Friends9.2 Girls Are from Mercury, Boys Are from Neptune9.3 Accepting Help9.4 Have Fun with Your Friends If You Can9.5 But Can They Still Come Over?9.6 Social Networks: Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, and More9.7 Dealing with Friend Problems9.8 New FriendsChapter 10 SCHOOL DAZE10.1 School = More Stress or a Place to Escape?10.2 To Announce or Not to Announce10.3 Telling the School10.4 How the School Can Help10.5 Dilemmas, Dilemmas10.6 Keeping Grades Up10.7 The Need to Achieve10.8 Pulling a BuellerChapter 11 SEEKING SUPPORT11.1 The Adult Who Knows You11.2 Seeing a Therapist11.3 Group SupportChapter 12 FACING A DIRE PROGNOSIS12.1 Facing the News12.2 How Long Do We Have?12.3 When the Bad News Isn't All Bad12.4 Finding Hope When Things Seem Hopeless12.5 Living for the Moment12.6 A Different Kind of Hope12.7 What If You Feel Closer to the Parent with Cancer?12.8 Avoidance12.9 Making MemoriesChapter 13 LOSING A PARENT TO CANCER13.1 A Dictionary of Emotions13.2 Mourning Doesn't Come with an Expiration Date13.3 All Kinds of Questions13.4 Life Goes On13.5 Dealing with Your Emotions13.6 School Can Be a Comfort...or a Pain13.7 Music Can Make It Better13.8 Staying ConnectedChapter 14 THE NEW NORMAL: LIFE AFTER CANCER14.1 What Happens Now?14.2 New Normal Hiccups and Surprises14.3 Struggling in the Aftermath14.4 Becoming an Activist14.5 Same Old You14.6 Silver LiningsAppendix A THE CAMP FOR KIDS COPING WITH A PARENT'S CANCERAppendix B IN THEIR OWN WORDSAppendix C THE PARENTS' GUIDEAppendix D RESOURCESAcknowledgmentsAbout the Authors