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New self-help book ‘No! You Don’t Understand!: What It’s Like to Have Brain Cancer’ released
HILLSIDE, N.J. – Bettye J. Wiley Hooks echoes the lessons of her own battle with cancer in her debut book release featuring “No! You Don’t Understand!: What It’s Like to Have Brain Cancer” (published by Xlibris). Candid and enlightening, her story reminds readers how to properly treat people with the same debilitating disease.
“No! You Don’t Understand!: What It’s Like to Have Brain Cancer” is a book about Hooks’ healing journey and the lessons learned from a younger brother suffering from lung cancer when she was diagnosed with brain cancer long after he had passed away. It offers guidance to anyone currently experiencing the same disease with straightforward information and encouraging stories.
“Readers can identify with the topic. I have not seen any books like this one; I couldn’t find any when I needed help,” Hooks says.
Taken from her personal experience, the author reminds: “Do not to tell a cancer patient ‘I understand’ unless you have had cancer, because you really don’t.”
“No! You Don’t Understand!: What It’s Like to Have Brain Cancer”
By Bettye J. Wiley Hooks
Hardcover | 8.5 x 8.5in | 42 pages | ISBN 9781524588687
Softcover | 8.5 x 8.5in | 42 pages | ISBN 9781524588670
E-Book | 42 pages | ISBN 9781524588663
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Bettye J. Wiley Hooks was born on her family farm in Early County, Blakely, Georgia. She is the youngest of seven girls and two older brothers. Upon completing high school, she worked as a teacher’s aide for one year. Hooks attended and graduated from Essex County College. After, she enrolled in Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, and graduated with her degree and teacher’s certification. She received her master’s degree from Marygrove College, Detroit. She worked for over 34 years in the education field before retiring in October 2011. She is the co-founder of the Hillside Victory Community Garden, teaching children and the youth how to grow organic produce. Hooks is active in her community and church, Union Chapel AME, Newark, which she has been a member for 49 years. She is also a member of Central Jersey Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and New Jersey Retirees Education Association.