This September the powerful and inspiring memoir by Nancy G. Brinker, founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® will be available. You can pre-order Promise Me in advance and receive a special offer (see below for more details).
Growing up, Nancy and her sister Suzy were inseparable, with the elegant, socially poised Suzy serving as younger sister Nancy’s best friend and role model. Then in 1977, at the age of thirty-three, Suzy was stricken with breast cancer. Three years later, having endured an uninformed doctor, surgeries that left her feeling mutilated and stripped of her sexuality, and fighting through several grueling courses of chemotherapy and radiation, Susan G. Komen lay dying. Toward the end, she begged her sister to do something, anything, to make sure that other women with breast cancer would not have to suffer as she had from the ravages of this deadly disease.
“Promise me, Nanny,” she said. “Promise me you won’t let it go on like this.”
Her heart broken, Nancy promised: “I swear, Suzy. Even if it takes the rest of my life.”
At that moment, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® was born.
Promise Me is the story of how that vow launched Nancy on a thirty-year-long mission to change the way the world thought of, spoke of, and treated breast cancer. You can read an excerpt from the book.
Brinker’s unparalleled success at turning $200 and a list of would-be donors into a movement that has saved the lives of millions of women was recognized by President Obama in August 2009, when he awarded Brinker the Presidential Medal of Freedom. “In the months after making that promise,” the President noted, “Nancy lay awake at night wondering if one person can really make a difference. Nancy’s life is the answer.”
A special offer
By sharing Promise Me with your own sister or your loved one, you can join the global movement to end breast cancer forever. Preorder a copy of Promise Me, the inspirational story of how a promise made to a dying sister ignited the global breast cancer movement, and Komen’s national headquarters will send a FREE limited signed edition to your mom, sister, close friend, or anyone you choose!
How it Works
1. ORDER from Amazon.com, BN.com, Borders.com, Indiebound or your favorite online retailer and buy your copy of Promise Me.
2. FORWARD your purchase confirmation email to PromiseMe@Randomhouse.com. At the top of the email, include your full name, email, and mailing address, and the full name, mailing address, email address, and phone number (for shipping purposes) of the person to whom you would like us to send a free signed copy of the book. Please note, this campaign is limited to one free book per customer.
3. VISIT Facebook.com/SusanGKomenfortheCure. We invite you to join the “Promise Me by Nancy G. Brinker Facebook Event,” where you can share your response to the book and tell others why you’re sending a copy to your nominee.
Promise Me will be released nationwide on September 14, 2010. On that day, the retailer from which you pre-ordered the book will begin sending your copy directly to you, and Susan G. Komen for the Cure® will begin sending the free limited edition signed copy to your designated recipient.
The designated recipient will receive the free signed copy of Promise Me on or around October 15, 2010. If the recipient does not receive the book by October 30, 2010, he/she should send an email request to broadwaymarketing@randomhouse.com.