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What's the best way to talk about Breast Cancer?
Have a BCV Tea Party with Raining Deer.
FREE GIFTS for Hosts and Early Arrivals.

Raining Deer's marriage to a Native American Shaman gives her a unique perspective on healing which she shares in her books, BCV - Rites of Passage for Breast Cancer Victors; 10 Tips to Avoid Breast Cancer; and T-Time: A Rites of Passage Manual for the Adolescent Female. To order BCV or T-Time, visit www.authorhouse.com or call 1.888.280.7715 for the best prices ever! These titles may also be ordered through your local book retailer or on www.Amazon.com. To order 10 Tips, call 856.222.4142. To hear more about Raining Deer's mystical journey, read on...

BOOKS BY RAINING DEER

"NEW" from Raining Deer:

-10 TIPS TO AVOID BREAST CANCER (Unless It's in the Genes)

-BCV - RITES OF PASSAGE FOR BREAST CANCER VICTORS

"It should be on LifeTime."
-- Philip Michael Thomas, Star of NBC's Miami Vice

-T-TIME: A RITES OF PASSAGE MANUAL FOR THE ADOLESCENT FEMALE

To schedule book signings, rites of passage ceremonies, seminars, retreats and special appearances, email: rainingdeer@rainingdeer.com or call
1-856-222-4142.

TOOLS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST IN RITES OF PASSAGE CEREMONIES:
-BCV Empowerment Cards
-T-Tme Charge Cards
-T-Time Work Books
-Raining Deer Read Posters

To order, email rainingdeer@rainingdeer.com

Press Release

What's the Best Way to Talk About Breast Cancer? -- Over a Cup of Tea.

At least according to Raining Deer, author of the new book, BCV – RITES OF PASSAGE FOR BREAST CANCER
VICTORS.

An Iyeska (spiritual interpreter), Raining Deer has a unique perspective on healing through rites of passage. Here she recalls life-altering occurrences that prepared her for this time:

"The good ole' days were back in the early 1990s when I first met and eventually married a Seminole Shaman who was placed in my path for a number of reasons -- (1) as a "carrier of the Medicine" (a Native American expression), it was time for certain ceremonies to be performed for me and they had to be performed by a holy person; (2) the Old Ones (Ancestors) wanted me to learn to trust myself by
trusting them. They showed me time and time again that I could. The rituals that I participated in with my husband, African
Priests and later performed myself, coupled with the faith instilled in me as a childhood AME churchgoer and later a student of al-Islam and other world religions, prepared me for what was to come in 2003 -- when breast cancer reared its ugly head."

Raining Deer’s Native American and African spiritual influences strengthened her resolve to fight the disease, resulting in a prescription for self-healing through rites of passage. Like her 2005 book, T-Time: A Rites of Passage Manual for the Adolescent Female, BCV includes an uplifting rites of passage ceremony to be performed by women affected by breast cancer, her family, friends and close associates. In BCV Raining Deer shares her personal journey: first being diagnosed with breast cancer, research into alternative treatments, a medical remedy, having three sisters go through the ordeal, response of family and friends, a rather involved rites of passage ritual and, finally, her ultimate claim of victory.

Raining Deer encourages women to host BCV Teas for Breast Cancer Awareness, inviting her to lead discussions about survival of the disease in intimate group settings while showing them how to claim their own victory, a la BCV.

Chipo C. Baker-Harriott says BCV is “truly a journey of victorious empowerment.”

To schedule book signings or BCV Teas for Breast Cancer Awareness, call 856-222-4142, or email: rainingdeer@t-timeritesofpassage.com.

To order BCV, visit www.authorhouse.com, click on Bookstore and search under BCV or Raining Deer.

BCV Tea Parties for Breast Cancer Awareness & Speaking Engagements 2006-2007:

Law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Oct. 2006)

William C. Chapel Memorial Library, Decatur/Atlanta, Georgia (March 2007)

African American Research Library, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (April 2007)

Afro-In-Books Cafe, Miami, Florida (November 2006)

La Unique Bookstore & Cultural Center, Camden, New Jersey (Feb. 2007)

Jakmel Art Gallery, Miami, Florida (November 2006)

Pan African Art & Book Expo, Miami, Florida (April 2007)

Art Sanctuary Book Fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (March 2007)

Harlem Book Fair, New York (July 2007)

Mizpah Community Center, Atlantic County, New Jersey (Aug. 2007)

Sandhills Regional Medical Center, Hamlet, North Carolina (October 2007)

Willingboro, New Jersey – (Nov. 1, 2007)

Camden, New Jersey - (Nov. 8, 2007

Houston, Texas (private party for oil company executive 2008)

Miami, Florida (private party for construction contractor 2008)

Magazine Articles:
   Infinite Magazine
   Ebony Magazine
  Knew Planet Online Newsletter

   Testimonials

“You are doing important work”

Tavis Smiley

Late Night Host of Tavis Smiley on PBS, nationally syndicated radio commentator

“Your story should be on Lifetime.”

Philip Michael Thomas

Star of Miami Vice

“The tea party was enjoyable and provided a lot of good information,

especially for someone who didn’t know a lot about breast cancer – like me. Raining Deer was really well-spoken.”

-- Jane Lockman-Bray, Bridgeton, New Jersey

“Thoughtful, encouraging, inspiring, fulfilling.”

Arnold Baskies, M.D.

Oncologist/Aesthetic/Restorative Surgeon

RancocasValley Surgical Associates, Willingboro, New Jersey

“To hear about breast cancer is like knowing it won't ever happen to you because it seems so intangible. But after seeing and hearing my dear friend discuss the details of what she personally experienced, it made me realize that it could happen to anyone at anytime.

They say "Knowledge is Power." At the tea party, it truly became real!”

Jameelah Ahmad, Miami, Florida

“I enjoyed the Tea Party for Breast Cancer Awareness because information was first-hand and clearly explained. The intimate setting made it easier to ask questions of such a personal nature and receive an informative response with an added sense of humor.”

Donzella A. Washington, Miami, Florida

Learn how to perform life-affirming rituals for the most important people in our lives -- our children and ourselves. The T-Time methods outlined in these two books help us combat today's ill through spirit-filled ceremonies born out of African and Native American ritual traditions. "Raining Deer's rituals are rites-of-passage into divinity." --Wallis H. Tinnie, Ph.D.

BCV - Rites of Passage for Breast Cancer Victors

A candid, spirit-filled roadmap to empowerment for breast cancer survivors. It explores the mystery of
self-healing through rites of passage.

--Raining Deer

Buy it now at www.authorhouse.com
or call 1.888.280.7715

T-TIME: A Rites of Passage Manual for the Adolescent Female

"An act of courage undertaken by a caring soul to counter the constant assaults on the self-worth of young females. A timely intervention in the lives of those who are in search of meaningful alternatives for self-definition .. rain falling on parched earth."

--Naana Banyiwa-Horne, Ph.D.
Santa Fe Community College