Uprooted: My Search for Faith, Hope, and Healing in the Barren, Recurrent Cancer Wilderness

In Uprooted, author Cynthia Dano's life doesn't just take a detour; it was ripped from the ground entirely. A survivor of ovarian cancer a decade ago, she grapples not only with the recurrent diagnosis but with the disorienting loss of identity, plans, stability, and the foundation she thought she was standing on. To whatever end she might be facing, she was determined to record the emotional rollercoaster of this second battle with cancer. Alternatively, intimate, raw, holy, hilarious, and unflinchingly honest, it often reads like unfiltered journal entries. Uprooted offers no pretensions about the reality of where the end might lead. But this isn't just a medical memoir-it's a story of everything that gets torn away in the aftermath: a home, a retirement, a sense of safety, a framework of faith. What follows is not a clean arc of triumph but a winding path through anger, grace, absurdity, grief, and surprising moments of joy. Along the way, the author embarks on a compelling search for the anchors of faith and hope, seeking a path to spiritual and emotional healing within this challenging terrain. Uprooted is a companion for anyone who's had the ground ripped out from under them. It's a reminder that while life doesn't always go back to what it was, something real and rooted can still grow in its place.