Chavos Buycks, Author
Book Reviewed by Theresa Harvard Johnson
In her debut devotional memoir, Dear Woman: Get Well Letters of Hope, authorChavos Buckys courageously confronts ten years of shame and torment resulting from chronic illness; and turns it into a collective, poignant message of endurance, hope, comfort and healing.
Buckys was diagnosed with Stage IV endometriosis, an often severely painful gynecological disorder “in which tissue that normally lines the inside of the uterus — the endometrium — grows outside the uterus (endometrial implant).”[1] While the condition is treatable, it can result in infertility and cancer.[2] During the “endo-storms” – as she termed them – she found herself desperate for encouragement and comfort in the form of a book to speak to her specific crisis. Unable to find what she needed, she decided to write her own memoir as a series of earnest letters to women experiencing similar crises.