‘Journey With Farrah’ a testament to friendship

  Friendship is a precious thing. To have someone who will stand by your side through good times and bad, is a wonderful gift to be cherished.
  Farrah Fawcett and Alana Stewart had such a friendship, going back more than 30 years, and that friendship was the bond that saw both of them through the crisis of Farrah’s battle with cancer.
  In her book, “My Journey With Farrah: A Story of Life, Love, and Friendship,” Alana Stewart lays out for the world to see her friendship with Farrah Fawcett, and it is indeed beautiful.
  Documenting the last three years in which she was Farrah’s constant companion during Farrah’s intense battle with cancer, Stewart draws upon her journal to tell the story of Farrah’s search for a cure. The two had been best friends for more than 30 years, finding common ground in their Texas upbringing and through their children and careers. They were as close as sisters, if not closer. So it wasn’t unnatural for Stewart to put her life on hold in order to help Farrah find a way to beat her cancer diagnosis.
  As these are excerpts from Stewart’s personal journal, there are also many entries where Stewart examines her own well-being, including a short-lived romance, her anxiety over her children’s welfare, and an upsetting brush with cancer herself. She bravely shares her raw emotions in these pages, and it’s a unique inside view of grief — at losing her best friend and confidant, at not being able to stop her friend’s suffering, and the sadness that shadowed them all right up to the end of Farrah’s life.
  Stewart’s book is a close look at how the two friends sought any and all ways to find a cure for Farrah’s disease. But “My Journey With Farrah” is also a beautiful testament to the powerful love and friendship the two women shared as they searched for a miracle.
  A portion of the sales for “My Journey With Farrah” has been earmarked to go to the Farrah Fawcett Foundation for cancer research.