Beautiful Gift

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.