Sara invites us to join her on a far more personal journey, this time, as she tests her own beliefs in the alternative health-care practices she’s learnt of over recent years.

Presented with the urgency of “More tests needed right now!” when initial images reveal a lump measuring 4.5 centimetres by 1.2 centimetres in her left breast, she decides to follow a non-standard course or action. Refusing to give in to the fear that can be generated when the “C” word hovers on the horizon, she determinedly envelops herself in a small bubble of positivity, shared by just a handful of trusted friends. With the constant support of her partner, Janne, they embark of a series of Deep Tissue treatment sessions using Janne’s elbow as the operating tool – in preference to a knife!

The Summer and Autumn of 2023 take on a totally different hue, as Sara draws on all the alternative help she can find. Blessed to discover a neighbouring spiritual healer, as well as a Sound Bath specialist – amongst others – and nurtured by her purring pussycats, her road to recovery begins. It could appear that choosing to live in a quiet seaside town in France might have been a wise decision after all…?

This book is shared to offer encouragement, hope and an alternative approach to an all-too-common problem facing many people today. With no formal medical training, Sara does not presume to tell anyone else what to do. But by sharing from her heart her insights and experiences at this challenging time, she brings a light and (mostly) joyful perspective to unexpected places. Chapter 10, added almost eighteen months after publication of the original, takes us further along her awesome journey. Realising there are no quick fixes in life, she delves deeper. Looking at her responses to life's twists and turns with her familiar warm, non-critical eyes, Sara also explores a few interesting scientific approaches, with an alternative spin - of course!