Bonnie Addario, chair of the leading lung cancer foundation in the
country and a survivor herself, profiles twenty men and women battling
advanced lung cancer.
Lung Cancer.
The mere words strike fear in all of us--fear of the diagnosis, the
treatment, and the ultimate prognosis. Where is the hope?
It can be found in The Living Room by Bonnie Addario, a seventeen-year
survivor of stage 3B lung cancer who established the Bonnie J. Addario
Lung Cancer Foundation in 2006 along with the Addario Lung Cancer
Medical Institute in 2008, and is now co-founder and chair of the GO2
Foundation for Lung Cancer (2019). A determined activist on behalf of
patients suffering from the disease, Bonnie has built an extraordinary
global network of fellow activists, patients, doctors, oncologists,
researchers, and caregivers--a thriving and ever-growing community
devoted and committed to advocating on behalf of those patients and
families affected by the disease.
Among all cancers, none are more pernicious than lung cancer. Nearly
150,000 Americans are lost to the disease every year, amounting to
around 400 every single day. It accounts for one-third of all cancer
diagnoses, the most deaths of any cancer and as many losses as the next
three most deadly cancers (breast, prostate, and colon) combined.
The Living Room, which draws its name from a virtual support group
live-streamed internationally once a month by Bonnie's foundation, tells
the stories of twenty lung cancer patients who have bravely fought the
disease and found ways to thrive, not just to survive. The goal of
Bonnie's efforts is to break down the barriers and stigmas associated
with lung cancer and demonstrate how the new wave of treatment options
are moving to make it a manageable disease.
The people you will meet in The Living Room will lead you to believe
that miracles are all around us, that they're happening every day, and
that they just might happen to the next cancer patient who picks up this
book.
All proceeds from The Living Room will go directly to research and
patient services.
