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Reconstructing Natalie Kindle Edition

by Laura Jensen Walker (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 64 ratings
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Natalie Moore is about to lose what little cleavage she had.

She'll shave her head, leave her church, fall for a man in scrubs, learn to tap, and flash a roomful of women.

Natalie needs to know with or without her breasts she is more than the sum of her parts.

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    Thomas Nelson
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    April 8, 2007
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Serious chick-lit? It can work, as seen in this faith-filled novel that revolves around breast cancer. Single gal Natalie Moore is just 27 when she is diagnosed with the disease. Walker's humor leavens the panic and the illness's accompanying indignities, such as a painful mammogram ("Now I knew how it felt to be a hamburger patty on a George Foreman grill"). Cancer's emotional and spiritual ramifications also drive the plot line—getting dropped like a hot potato by a boyfriend, dating woes, avoidance by friends, leaving her church. Boob puns proliferate, especially at a "Boob Voyage" party thrown by friends before Natalie's double mastectomy. Amidst the ugliness of chemo, hair loss and upchucking at the thought of chocolate is a chance for Natalie to make new friends, establish priorities, loosen some overly close family ties and develop empathy. And yes—have reconstructive surgery that increases her original A cup size. Romance waits in the wings, of course, and readers won't have to guess too hard to know Natalie's Mr. Right. There are a few faux pas, including an odd dream sequence and a plug for what appears to be Walker's own nonfiction book, Thanks for the Mammogram!. Those diagnosed with breast cancer, survivors and their women friends will find this an enjoyable and encouraging read. (Sept. 5)
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A smart, funny, poignant sotry of Natalie Moore's journey through breast cancer and into a new kind of wholeness.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003DS6OM4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas Nelson (April 8, 2007)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 8, 2007
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1274 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Up to 5 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 337 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1595540679
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 64 ratings

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Laura Jensen Walker

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Award-winning author Laura Jensen Walker has written more than 20 books--fiction and non-fiction, including THANKS FOR THE MAMMOGRAM. A lover of mysteries since she read her first Trixie Belden in fourth grade, Laura is the author of three lighthearted mystery novels including the #1 Amazon bestselling, Agatha-nominated. MURDER MOST SWEET. She flew a typewriter across Europe in Uncle Sam’s Air Force in her twenties and fell in love with all things English while stationed at an RAF base in the UK. Captivated by the tales of an overlooked group of WWII RAF women--the Flying Nightingales--Laura knew she had to tell their story. DEATH OF A FLYING NIGHTINGALE (September 2024) is her first historical novel.

Laura lives in Northern California in a wannabe-English cottage where she drinks tea and dreams of England. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America.

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Elizabeth M. Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars Behind the Privacy Curtain
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2006
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I admit I was skeptical about reading a humorous novel on such a delicate subject. Breast cancer is no laughing matter, right? But Laura Jensen Walker tackled this very serious topic in a way that is humorous without irreverence. She pulls back the privacy curtain and lets readers into the very heart of a young, single woman who is diagnosed with this dreaded disease. Readers follow Natalie through detection, diagnosis, surgery, and reconstruction and witness the fears, social challenges and difficult decisions she faces.

In Reconstructing Natalie, our heroine not only battles the disease, she also has to come to terms with the responses of those she loves most, and even people she hardly knows, as they react to her diagnosis. Each relationship is permanently altered in the process, including her relationship with herself.

Laura Jensen Walker hooked this reader from the very first lines and held me captive through the last sentence. She had me laughing out loud at several points in the book, wiping away my tears in others. Laura accomplished this without making me feel emotionally manipulated. It is apparent that her own experiences, though somewhat different than Natalie's, shaped the story. The emotional impact is powerful.
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L. A. Horton
4.0 out of 5 stars great gift for a breast cancer patient
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2010
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I first found this book as a random super on sale purchase. I liked it fairly well, and passed it on to a friend who is a breast cancer survivor. She stayed up half the night finishing it. It really described the emotions she had gone through with her cancer. She raved about it. I ordered another one for a friend with a new breast cancer diagnosis. It has a lot of humor, which you might not expect from the subject matter. It also has a predictable romance. It shows great insight into what it feels like to be told you have breast cancer. It is Christian without being preachy. It is an entertaining read.
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MA Hall
5.0 out of 5 stars looking on the inside, not the outside
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2023
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I grew to love all the characters in this book. We can go through trials but God
Can change us inside if we let Him.
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Carol L. Hoefs
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiritional cancer story
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2010
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Take a strong 27 year old single Christian female with a wonderful guy she is dating, terrific loving parents, two very close girlfriends, plus a neighbor who she feels is a more a brother than anything to her and add in finding out you have 2nd stage breast cancer, you have story of hope, laughter, rejection, building faith, and a new love.
Laura Jensen Walker has a terrific story here and anyone who knows anyone who has had cancer or newly diagnosed with breast cancer or any form of cancer should take this book and read. Take and share it with friends it is a pwoerful story full of Christian love, faith, and hope for all.
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Samantha S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Growth in Faith and Character Through Breast Cancer
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2013
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This was a wonderful and funny book. The author is an amazing Christian woman who is a breast cancer survivor, and special speaker on the topic. She wrote this book for all of the younger women facing breast cancer, but you can read her own life experience in it as well.

Natalie is a 20-something woman who's just been diagnosed with breast cancer. She struggles with understanding God's will meshes with such an experience. The book is full of tears, laughter, growth, hope, and a bit of sweet romance.

The funny moments in this book really balance out the serious subject of breast cancer. I'd highly recommend it to women of all ages. It gives great insight into dealing with breast cancer, especially as a Christian.
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Kim Sisto Robinson
4.0 out of 5 stars Chick Lit with Substance
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2007
I must confess, when I noticed "Reconstructing Natalie" was chosen as the Women of Faith's book of the year, I was skeptical. I just assumed the book would be unreal and judgmental, filled with sermons and lectures.

I was dead wrong!

Natalie is like me. She's like one of my girlfriends. She is a woman I can identify with, cry with, laugh with, and love. And she is not unrealistically running around announcing after her breast cancer diagnosis "God's will be done. I'm not worried cause God will take care of it." She was scared as hell, as any woman would be--Christian or non-Christian.

"Reconstructing Natalie" is filled with women's relationships, which I love. Girlfriends, who argue, but accept each another's quirks anyhow; girlfriends who eat tons of chocolate while they're laughing and talking about men (Brad Pitt and George Cloony). And girlfriends who help each other through the tough, difficult times--- Breast cancer and Death.

Natalie's girlfriends love God. This is the true and beautiful distinction with this gem of a book. This is the element, which makes the deep issues of cancer more bearable to deal with.

"Reconstructing Natalie" is for all women of every age---It's about all of us; it's about surviving because we have one another to grasp onto. But mostly, it's about grasping onto God.
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hens-n-chicks
5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful book on survival
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2012
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I had a breast cancer scare and was looking for a book of hope. This was it! It was filled with humor, but still touched on a serious topic.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Only like fair
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2013
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I was uncertain
at first when I started reading this, but the more I read the betterI understood what message she was trying to get too.
Encouraging for those who have to have masectomys.
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