Breast Cancer: Lorilyn’s Memoir Tails and Purrs |

Lorilyn’s Blog

Last updated on July 8, 2025

;ink flower and Lorilyn writing, scarf on head

Recently, Dr. Charles W. Page hosted me on his Spoonfuls of Courage Podcast, where I discussed my battle with breast cancer and finished my latest book, Seventh Dimension—The Prescience: A Young Adult Fantasy, Book 5.

The Podcast is about 25 minutes long, and I hope you will enjoy hearing my testimony. I don’t know how people go through the hard things in life without Jesus Christ. Please take a listen and be blessed.

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Hopefully, I can post a follow-up podcast now that I am an eight-year cancer survivor. Praise the Lord.

Editorial Reviews

I found Lorilyn and her family inspiring as they selflessly rescued, fostered, and adopted so many animals. I loved her daughter’s abundant kindness and generosity towards those in need; she had a truly beautiful soul. The vision Lorilyn experienced on the beach was very powerful as she questioned if we can influence our destiny…
~Readers’ Favorite Reviewer Leslie Jones

Her year-long bout with cancer pushed her to ask how to live again, and God showed her by finding contentment in the things that bring her joy. Loving her four-legged friends has helped her ease the pain, knowing she is surrounded by helping hands and comforting paws.
~Readers’ Favorite Reviewer Vincent Dublado

GYPSY, with Lorilyn and her brother and sister, childhood — Loirlyn at about 8, with sister Paige and childhood pet, Gypsy

Her passages on C.S. Lewis are interesting, and you really get to know the author through the stories of the animals. There is a warmth to Lorilyn’s writing that you can feel, like a cozy sweater, and she is gifted with insight into pets and how they can be blessings in our lives. Fans of Chicken Soup for the Soul books will love Tails and Purrs for the Heart and Soul.
~Readers’ Favorite Reviewer Tammy Ruggles

Are pets an example of God’s unconditional love for us, and will they be with us in heaven? Follow Lorilyn Roberts as she shares her opinions about these questions and gives an account of her tumultuous gardening experience, fight against breast cancer, and a trip to Israel in Tails and Purrs for the Heart and Soul.
~Readers’ Favorite Reviewer Foluso Falaye

Tails and Purrs for the Heart and Soul by Lorilyn Roberts begins with the author’s grief at the death of her beloved cat Kenobi. It then flashed back through all her encounters with animals. Childhood, marriage, divorce, adopting children, and surviving cancer were all enriched by pets.
~Readers’ Favorite Reviewer Cecelia Hopkins