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BookSparks Speaks Out for Breast Cancer Awareness

In partnership with Jamie Beck, author of The Wonder of Now

#BOOKSPARKSSPEAKSOUT #PINKSPINES2019

Let’s Use Our Influence to Support Breast Cancer Warriors + Research

As a community of readers and influencers, BookSparks is committed to using our influence and reach to make a difference. Each year, our #BookSparksSpeaksOut campaign partners with an author and charity to increase awareness of the issues impacting our world. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, we’re teaming up with Jamie Beck, author of The Wonder of Now, to support the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and help make a difference in the lives of Breast Cancer Warriors currently undergoing treatment.

1. NOMINATE A WARRIOR

This October, BookSparks is giving away two care packages each week to women currently going through breast cancer treatment. Nominate the warrior(s) in your life and we’ll select two women each week.

1. NOMINATE A WARRIOR

This October, BookSparks is giving away two care packages each week to women currently going through breast cancer treatment. Nominate the warrior(s) in your life and we’ll select two women each week.

2. BUY THE BOOK

Purchase a copy of The Wonder of Now during the month of October. Then, submit your proof of purchase through the form below and BookSparks will donate 20% for each book sold, up to $3000, to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

3. SHARE YOUR #PINKSPINES2019

Grab a stack of your fave pink books, and share your #PinkSpines2019 photos all month long to show your support!  Don’t forget to tag @BookSparks @WriterJamieBeck #PinkSpines2019.

3. SHARE YOUR #PINKSPINES2019

Grab a stack of your fave pink books, and share your #PinkSpines2019 photos all month long to show your support!  Don’t forget to tag @BookSparks @WriterJamieBeck #PinkSpines2019.

4. DONATE YOUR SPINES

Make some room on your overflowing bookshelves by donating your previously-read faves to patients currently undergoing cancer treatments. BookSparks teamed up with the Cancer Support Community AZ to stock their library with 100 inspiring and enthralling books for their patients to enjoy in-between treatments.

We encourage everyone in our community to reach out to your local cancer center to arrange a donation.

About The Wonder of Now by Jamie Beck

Peyton Prescott would give anything to forget her traumatic battle with breast cancer but because her brother convinced her to write a memoir about the experience, she’s now having to promote the book widely. Traveling to Europe for her book tour, she’s excited to relax and reconnect with the place where she draws inspiration from. But her publicist has other plans as his firm’s success rides on the tour being a smash hit. The two must find a way to get what they both want out of the trip and when the tour begins to spin out of control, they’ll both be forced to question everything they thought they knew about themselves.

“I wrote this story to honor the friends and family who’ve awed me by meeting this disease head-on, who adapted to the changes it wreaked on their bodies and their perspectives, and who came out the other end stronger and wiser. I hope I’ve done them justice with Peyton’s journey.” —Jamie Beck

About the Breast Cancer Research Foundation

The Breast Cancer Research Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to achieving prevention and a cure for breast cancer. We provide critical funding for cancer research worldwide to fuel advances in tumor biology, genetics, prevention, treatment, metastasis and survivorship.

Since being founded in 1993 by Evelyn H. Lauder, BCRF has raised more than half a billion dollars for lifesaving research. Through a unique and streamlined grants program, we seek out the brightest minds in science and medicine and give them the necessary resources to pursue their best ideas. As a result, researchers are able to make discoveries and design new approaches to address all aspects of breast cancer—and do so in record time.

About the Breast Cancer Research Foundation

The Breast Cancer Research Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to achieving prevention and a cure for breast cancer. We provide critical funding for cancer research worldwide to fuel advances in tumor biology, genetics, prevention, treatment, metastasis and survivorship.

Since being founded in 1993 by Evelyn H. Lauder, BCRF has raised more than half a billion dollars for lifesaving research. Through a unique and streamlined grants program, we seek out the brightest minds in science and medicine and give them the necessary resources to pursue their best ideas. As a result, researchers are able to make discoveries and design new approaches to address all aspects of breast cancer—and do so in record time.

About #BookSparksSpeaksOut

Each year during the month of October, BookSparks partners with an author and a charity to make a difference and put our influence to good use.

Check out past #BookSparksSpeaksOut collaborations:

Check out the posts from our #PinkSpines2019 partners:

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How Your Support Helps

For every receipt showing proof of purchase of Jamie’s book during the month of October that we receive by 5 p.m. PST on Thursday Oct. 31, 2019, BookSparks will donate 20% of the purchase price to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, up to $3,000. Additionally, your social posts help spread awareness of this important cause.