After a cancer diagnosis, is there anyone to blame?
PUBLISHED September 20, 2018
Jane has earned three advanced degrees and had several fulfilling careers as a librarian, rehabilitation counselor and college teacher. Presently she does freelance writing. Her articles include the subjects of hearing loss and deafness, service dogs and struggling with cancer. She has been a cancer survivor since 2010.
She has myelodysplastic syndrome, which is rare, and would love to communicate with others who have MDS.
A favorite mystery author for many readers is Louise Penny, who writes about her featured detective, Armand Gamache. I have several friends and relatives who kept recommending these books. I decided to read the first one in the series when I visited Montreal, where the fictional characters live. The book is titled “Still Life,” and I am hooked!She has myelodysplastic syndrome, which is rare, and would love to communicate with others who have MDS.
As a writer, one of the aspects that fascinate me is how the title of any book is chosen. In a special scene, Detective Gamache is talking to a psychologist recently retired after 25 years as a therapist. She explains that she often felt many people actually enjoy their problems and use them as an excuse for not growing up and moving on. She coined the phrase “still life” to describe how they are always waiting for someone to save them.
She continues on to say that these people don’t look to themselves for solutions. Instead they look to others, so they prohibit any change. Gamache theorizes that change is inevitable for all of us and we should not be afraid.
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