Both Sides Now
By Ruth Pennebaker
(Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), Hardcover, 9780805061055, 208pp.)
Publication Date: January 2000
Categories: School & Education, Social Issues - General
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Witnessing her mother's battle with breast cancer, a teenage daughter finds her own strength.
Liza's mother has just completed an exhausting, but promising, treatment for breast cancer and her future looks bright. Liza takes the same approach to her junior year of high school--work hard, think positively, and keep everything under control. When tests reveal that a riskier, more painful treatment is needed, it seems Liza's mother has given up. But she hasn't. Her mother's courage shows Liza that life isn't about control, it's about living.
Drawing on the author's own experiences with breast cancer, this unforgettable novel reveals that positive thinking is not always the answer to tragedy, but that facing pain can bring great strength.
Ruth Pennebaker is quickly becoming a young adult favorite for her first two novels, Don't Think Twice and Conditions of Love. Don't Think Twice was named both an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a "Quick Pick" for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. A regular contributor to the Dallas Morning News, Ruth Pennebaker now lives with her husband and two teenaged children in Austin, Texas.
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