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Robin Storey is an indie author from Queensland, Australia and has published five books so far in a variety of genres, from comedy crime to noir romance, all available on Amazon and Smashwords.
She is also a certified book nerd and is a useful member to have on your team on quiz nights for the literary questions, but not much else.
Robin also enjoys getting out in nature, especially on her 'digital detox' Sundays, by chilling out at the beach and hiking. She and her partner recently completed the Camino Frances pilgrimage across northern Spain and her feet will never be the same.
Reviewed by Anne-Marie Reynolds for Readers' Favorite
Making The Breast of It: Breast Cancer Stories of Humor and Joy by Robin Storey is an account of one woman’s journey. When she was initially diagnosed with breast cancer, Robin’s first instinct was to cry. Her second? To laugh, to find the humor in it. Robin writes comedy fiction and that helped her to see the humorous side of the treatment she had to go through. Along the way, she hooked up with other survivors and collected some of their stories. Being diagnosed with breast cancer put Robin in a situation where she was doing things she perhaps wouldn’t have done otherwise. It put her in the situation where she truly appreciated that life was for living, and that we should do everything we can now because we don’t know when it will all end. Having breast cancer made her seize the day and live for it, and now she wants you to do the same.
Making the Breast of It: Breast Cancer Stories of Humor and Joy by Robin Storey is an amazing read. It is one of the most frank and open true-account stories that I have ever read. Although I was expecting a lot of doom and gloom, I was very pleasantly surprised. I found myself laughing along with some of her stories and antics. I found myself rooting for her and for everyone else who has been diagnosed with any kind of cancer. I found myself realizing that a diagnosis is not the end – it is just the beginning, the start of a new life. I found the book very easy to read; it’s clear that Robin is a great author and knows how to engage a reader right from the start and keep them there until the end of the book. Great book, I really enjoyed it; it’s given me a different perspective on life.
