The Pink Moon Lovelies are members of the Facebook group Beyond the
Pink Moon, named after Nicki Boscia Durlester's memoir that
intimately chronicles her journey after a breast cancer diagnosis.
Nicki created the group to provide an active forum for discussion
to raise awareness about the BRCA gene and breast and ovarian
cancer. She never dreamed her homespun story would travel around
the globe and Beyond the Pink Moon would become a support group for
people from all walks of life coming together to lift each other up
with inspiration, humor, faith and love. With Lovelies in
Australia, Canada, England, France, Ireland, Israel, Mexico,
Namibia, New Zealand, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden,
Tasmania and the USA, Nicki, a BRCA2 survivor, and fellow
moderator, Melissa Johnson Voight, a BRCA1 previvor, whose journey
of steadfast faith and courage of conviction is included in this
book, have encouraged their members to tell their stories with one
goal in mind, to save lives. With a Foreword written by renowned
breast surgeon, Dr. Kristi Funk, this riveting collection of 50
stories includes: the unflinching account of Barbie Ritzco, a
United States Marine who kept silent about discovering a lump in
her breast in order to deploy with her unit to Afghanistan, putting
her country before her health, the moving story of Ally Durlester,
Nicki's daughter, a 25 year old BRCA2 previvor who will undergo
prophylactic surgery to try to avoid the same fate as her mother,
grandmother and six great-aunts who all had breast, ovarian or
fallopian tube cancer, the frustrating story of Erika Grogin Lange,
an Israeli Lovely and mother of five, whose nagging symptoms of
fatigue, nausea and bloating went undiagnosed for months until she
heard the shocking news that she had Stage III ovarian cancer, and
the unpredictable journey of Susan Long Martucci, a two-time breast
cancer survivor, disease free for 13 years, blindsided by another
diagnosis. She is the beacon of hope who coined the term Pink Moon
Lovelies. Each story is compelling and has an important message to
impart. The Pink Moon Lovelies, Empowering Stories of Survival
concludes with the story of the incomparable May Smith, the 32 year
old South African Lovely who left a legacy of extraordinary
courage, grace and love. Hers was a life well lived. When May sadly
passed away on July 22, 2012 from breast cancer she left the Pink
Moon Lovelies with one final message filled with wisdom and advice
beyond her years. Her emotional eulogy written by Nicki Boscia
Durlester is also included. Two women who never met in person but
whose love transcended time and space. The power of the Pink Moon
Cover art and design by Ithaca, New York artist and breast cancer
survivor, Shera Delia. All proceeds from the sales of this book
will go to Beyond the Pink Moon non-profit and will be donated to
breast and ovarian cancer research.
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