Once a month four young women met at Nordstrom’s café for lunch. In addition to talking about their careers and families, they talked about living with breast cancer.
Disappointed with the lack of information available to them—Patti, Kim, Jennifer, and Jana decided to write a book to share their experiences and help others.
Deterred by the lengthy process to get a publisher and a desire for the book to be available by Breast Cancer Awareness month in October, they chose to self-publish. When I met the “Nordie girls” we had two months to finalize editing, design, layout, proof, print, and deliver the books.
After hard work and remarkable collaboration, two thousand copies of Nordie’s at Noon: The Personal Stories of Four Women “Too Young” for Breast Cancer arrived in time so the Nordie girls could sell books at a flurry of book signings, presentations, and Breast Cancer Awareness events. Two weeks later a second order was placed to print two thousand more books.
With a completed book and impressive sales record, the Nordie girls attracted the interest of several publishers and, by February, just four months after self-publishing, Nordie’s at Noon publishing rights were sold to a major publisher. The second edition was published before Breast Cancer Awareness month the following October.
This past spring the four authors of Nordie's at Noon were presented with The Natalie Davis Spingarn Writer's Award at the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship's Rays of Hope® Awards Gala in Washington, D.C. by Elizabeth Edwards. Although Jana and Patti are no longer with us, Jennifer and Kim along with Jana and Patti’s families share their stories as they travel the country informing and inspiring.
Jennifer and Kim have written a short piece with advice on publishing. For a copy contact info@nordiesatnoon.com. For more information about Nordie’s at Noon visit www.nordiesatnoon.com.
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