About the Book

This is the true story of three sisters (Ann, Mary and Chee) finding out that Leukemia doe s suddenly run in our family. This is our process, how we dealt with it, what issues came up and how we all survived. Hopefully, our voices will help you understand what it’s like for a family to go through this horrendous ordeal and how we took each step to overcome our fears and insecurities. We were clueless about how to proceed but we found our way together. From Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY, to Hope Lodge in Buffalo, NY to City of Hope in Los Angeles, CA and we SPARK in Sherman Oaks, CA we have a lot to be thankful for.

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About the Author

Dr. Mary Reid Gaudio made her home in New York City and Aspen, Colorado after college-SUNY Fredonia. Next stop was Los Angeles and she formed a rock band called Che Blammo with her brother. This led her to performing at Universal Studios in Conan the Barbarian as Red Sonjia. Movies such as Clan of the Cave Bear and Amazon Women on the Moon and television shows like Hard Castle and McCormick and Scarecrow and Mrs. King followed. Mary received her doctorate from UCLA in education and has been working in the field for twenty years. She is currently an administrator at Hamilton High School in Los Angeles Unified School District.