The Vocabulary of Joy: Celebrating the Blessings of Life with Cancer

After having her world turned upside-down in unexpectedly heartbreaking ways, Julie Savage Parker is diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2013. Her life takes on new meaning as she finds the power to meet the challenges and opportunities for growth head-on. The Vocabulary of Joy is a witty and irreverent portrayal of her journey healing cancer naturally, having said NO to conventional slash-burn-poison treatment. At times poignant, at times playful, her story shows a woman brought not to her knees, but to her feet, in the face of her diagnosis. The gift of cancer in her life brings with it healing in body, mind, and spirit as she faces her diagnosis (and her own demons) with humor, compassion, and a healthy dose of you’re-not-the-boss-of-me!