An email I received from a reader some time ago has begun to haunt me. The reader’s sister was dying of cancer. How, she asked me, would I respond to the word grace in the context of a cancer death? My correspondent did not gloss over the miseries of her sister’s terminal state. She outlined a … [Read more...] about The Gift of Grace by Susan Gubar
Susan Gubar
Forming Attachments, Near and Far
by Susan Gubar Although we reside sixty miles apart and will never visit each other’s homes, if I am frightened or fraught by a fever or ache, I email her with confidence that she will advise me. I know next to nothing about Alesha’s personal life, but I feel deeply grateful and connected to … [Read more...] about Forming Attachments, Near and Far
Reading and Writing Cancer: How Words Heal by Susan Gubar
Elaborating upon her Living with Cancer column in The New York Times, Susan Gubar helps patients, caregivers, and the specialists who seek to serve them. In a book both enlightening and practical, she describes how the activities of reading and writing can right some of cancer’s wrongs. To … [Read more...] about Reading and Writing Cancer: How Words Heal by Susan Gubar