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Now what? "When your brother or sister's cancer can't be cured"

Now what? "When your brother or sister's cancer can't be cured

If you are now finding out that your sibling’s cancer is not going away – and facing the possibility that they may not get better – it can feel like the very thing that was holding you up is starting to wobble. You may be wondering: what am I supposed to do now?

This book is here to try and start the hard conversations and help you bring things out into the open. Because when you know and understand some of the things that may happen, it can help you “prepare” for them, as horrible as it may seem.

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