“Cancer Etiquette” author to read and sign at Hamish & Henry

LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — Roseanne Kalick will read from her book “Cancer Etiquette: What to Say, What to Do, When Someone You Love Has Cancer” at 3:00 p.m. on August 18 at Hamish & Henry Booksellers.

“This is not a ‘how to’ book,” said Kalick. “Having lived through two agonizing battles with two different cancers, I am expert only in the struggle for my own survival. But I also lived through the comments, queries, reactions and behavior of strangers, friends, and family toward me as the comfortable world I thought I knew was totally transformed. Having cancer changes people. This book grew out of those changes and their influences on me: the rude or cruel appraisals of my physical appearance, the sometimes stupid attempts to be humorous, the well-meaning but thoughtless stabs at being helpful. A phrase leapt out at me—“cancer etiquette”—-and I immediately knew that should be the book’s title.”

“Cancer Etiquette” has received numerous accolades and was nominated for Health Category Book of the Year by Foreword Magazine.

For more information visit HamishandHenry.com or call 845/439-8029.