Dancing with Jack

J.F. MacDonald

Learning to live with cancer

‘Jack the Dancer’ - The laconic Australian slang gives a sly wink to the intense, and intensely personal, experience of living with cancer. Here is an intimate glimpse into that experience as one young woman and mother, diagnosed with breast cancer, finds her footing and manages to walk forward through constantly shifting sands.
‘Jack’ draws her into an extraordinary life-long dance; facing her mortality, parenting through adversity, aging on fast forward, managing the isolation that partners disease. Adjusting to repeated upheavals while seeking out, and cherishing, sparkling moments.

The author invites us to follow her from medical wards to Loch Ness, from despair to joy, exhaustion to delight, and all places in between. Here is a life revealed; raw, honest, reflective and ultimately hopeful about how the dance of life - even one with Jack - can give profound rewards through all its challenges.

Dancing with Jack is awash with love and spirit. It gives valuable insight into the often-hidden impacts of breast cancer. But more than that, it might also help each of us search for and find the beauty and magic that dwell in the challenges of our own lives.

 

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About the Author

J.F. MacDonald led a distinguished career as a Therapist, Academic, and Mentor, contributing greatly to her field. A passionate reader and lover of the arts, she also cherished writing and was a long-standing member of her writing group. Generous with her time, she built enduring friendships and was a guiding light to those closest to her. She embraced travel and adventure, treasuring journeys with her daughters, especially through Europe. Above all, her most cherished roles were daughter, sister, aunty, mother, and grandmother. Her daughters and grandsons remain her lasting legacy of love and wisdom.