The Golden Thread: A Quiet Revolution in Holistic Cancer Care, Paperback

Pat Pilkington was co-founder of the Bristol Cancer Help Centre, the first charity to offer a truly holistic approach to cancer care. In this memoir, completed when she knew she was approaching death, Pat tells her story; starting with her childhood, through the early days of the Centre to its growth into Penny Brohn Cancer Care, the globally influential institution it is today. Above all, she shares her own spiritual journey, her deep exploration of faith, love, and what lies at the core of each human life and each human death. She speaks to life, not just to cancer, and shows how the restoration of the human spirit is an essential part of holistic healing. The Golden Thread of the title is the transcendent nature of love that runs though everything, awakening the potential to uplift, inspire, overcome and create anew, even in the face of severe adversity.

About author(s):Pat Pilkington MBE was co-founder, in 1980, of the Bristol Cancer Help Centre, along with her friend Penny Brohn and her husband, Canon Christopher Pilkington. She was a true pioneer who helped to transform our understanding of how to treat cancer. She continued to support people with cancer until her death in 2013.