Will You Choose Joy?
In the Body of "Cancer Literature" One Small Book Stands Out

Contact: Monique Sondag, Lovell-Fairchild Communications, 214-536-4319, Monique@Lovell-Fairchild.com

WEST NYACK, NY, Oct. 15 /Christian Newswire/ -- This month, on the bookshelf of cancer literature--many of those stories by or about actors, writers, professors, politicians, dancers--one small book stands out for the author's relative insignificance and for its joy per page.

"I'm a Christian cleverly disguised as a cancer patient" goes a typical opening from Normajean Honsberger, a Salvation Army captain diag nosed with breast cancer in 1992 and dying from the disease eight years later, only 40 years old.

While managing her terminal cancer, Normajean, also a wife and a mother of three, found herself surviving the sudden death of her husband, Al, from cancer, and finding that "pain and joy can live side by side." No cheap sentiments, here. Will You Choose Joy? is heartfelt and hard-won insight into how any person can embrace--yes, embrace--the worst life brings.

Edited by Lois Rader and drawing on Honsberger's personal experiences and wisdom from the New Testament book of Philippians, Will You Choose Joy? breaks into easy-to-read segments:

- 10 chapters each highlight Biblical tools for living joyfully

- "Closer to Home" vignettes follow Honsberger's personal triumphs and struggles

- In a moving DVD, Honsberger's speaks to thousands at a Salvation Army territorial meeting.

Facing premature death, it's natural to ask "Where is God?" Here's the answer. For cancer victims and the people who love them--for any Christian--Normajean Honsberger reconciles faith with hardship. Of course, she pays the price to earn a hearing.

"Read this book with an open heart," writes Jim Cymbala, senior pastor of the world renown Brooklyn Tabernacle. "You can't help but be encouraged."

Joining the millions supporting National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Salvation Army's Others Press re-releases Will You Choose Joy?: an honest, moving, encouraging account of one woman's truest test of faith.

Will You Choose Joy? is available now through Others Press, an imprint of the Salvation Army's USA Eastern Territory. For individual and group sales, with discounts, contact Others Press. By e-mail: www.shop.salvationarmy.org or use.trade@use.salvationarmy.org.  By phone: 888-488-4882.