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鈥淲hen you get a diagnosis of breast cancer, the world stops; it鈥檚 a trauma,鈥� she said. Being diagnosed at the same time as her mother made the experience even more traumatic for Ms. Hoffman.

“I used to sit at the window with my dog,” Ms. Hoffman said about the ways she would make herself happy on the seemingly endless bleak days. She would record her thoughts, and her collection of short pieces grew into what is now a 96-page keepsake that any reader can relate to.