Beautiful Gift

<p>At thirty-four Natalie Schiavone Burgess finally had the life she'd been dreaming of: a solid career as an English professor a first home in a beachside community and a fiancé who shared her dreams for the future. Then an uninvited guest showed up weeks before the wedding-cancer. In a candid telling of the physical psychological and emotional demands of being a cancer patient and a newlywed Natalie's story is one of joy pain uncertainty hope and ultimately gratitude.</p>