23/09/2026
✨ Glittering a Turd ✨
Interrupting normal proceedings to share that today is launch day for the reprint of the truly incredible book ‘Glittering a Turd’ - please, please read it, share it, tell others about it
Written by Kris Hallenga Kris Hallenga who was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer age 23, this is a story about facing a terminal diagnosis yet turning that around and living life to its fullest in every possible way. In response to her diagnosis, Kris along with her twin sister Maren set up the charity CoppaFeel! to help educate young people in particular about breast cancer, challenging the idea that it is only a disease of middle to late aged women; a presumption which meant that Kris’s cancer wasn’t picked up earlier.
Kris’s extraoardinary life and way of viewing the world is expressed so beautifully through the pages of this book. She doesn’t shy away from difficult topics, but also manages to find humour, love and connection in even the most challenging times. For so many people, me included, Kris was a gateway to opening up conversations about death, dying and disease and ultimately about life and how we choose to live it. We were lucky enough to host a Breakfast Club here at Botelet Cornwall in 2019 for CoppaFeel! in collaboration with James George Strawbridge - Kris was always up for sharing her message in the smallest conversations as well as reaching the biggest possible audience she could, charming everyone along the way.
A theme that runs deep through this book is the love that Kris and Maren have for each other; their deep inter-connectedness and how the ripples of Kris’s diagnosis and life beyond it, affected so many
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