Inspiring, honest, offer[s] comfort in the face of this disease. . . . Desperate Hope: Experiencing God in the Midst of Breast Cancer by Barbara Milligan, a breast cancer survivor, examines all aspects of the disease, with chapters on "Reaffirming Our Sexuality" after surgery and chemotherapy and "Receiving God's Help Through Others." Milligan shares her own experience and also those of 15 others, such as Sarah, "who had to tell her young children that she might die sooner rather than later."