A NEW book tells the inspiring story of a Wellington mum with life-limiting cancer who helps to fulfil the wedding dreams of people who are terminally ill.

Naomi Thomas is a wedding planner with a difference as each wedding she plans is for a bride who, like her, is terminally ill.

The autobiography, entitled No Ordinary Wedding Planner, details Naomi’s life from the turn of 2009, a year in which she met the love of her life only to hear the devastating news that she had breast cancer.

In 2009, Naomi was planning her future with her now husband, Graham, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

She makes no secret of her battles with secondary breast cancer in daily life, but the book has been her opportunity to speak frankly about her hopes and fears, and to give fascinating insights into the charity she founded in 2012 – The Wedding Wishing Well Foundation.

Harper Collins, publisher of No Ordinary Wedding Planner, has released official publicity, which reads: “This is the inspiring story of Naomi Thomas, a secondary breast cancer sufferer who has decided to devote the remainder of her life to spreading joy, helping others find happiness by fulfilling the wedding dreams of those who are terminally ill.

“Naomi was 26 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

“Her boyfriend, Graham, had proposed just two days earlier.

“After seven months of treatment Naomi was declared cancerfree only to receive the devastating news a few short months later that the disease had returned and was no longer curable.

“Her son, Devon, was just six days old.

“Thoughts of their wedding were the one thing that kept Naomi and Graham going, but the financial burden of terminal illness had made the reality of their special day seem impossible.

“However, in this time of darkness the couple discovered the amazing generosity and selflessness of local companies as they rallied around, and helped to organise and fund a dream wedding.

Copies are available in paperback or to download from Amazonvered or from www.weddingwishingw ell.org.

uk/Shop.html In 2013, Naomi was the winner of the Daily Mail Inspirational Women of the Year competition, Wedding Ideas magazine’s Bride of The Year and the Real People Community Champion Caring Person.

She was also an Independent on Sunday’s Happy List 2014 finalist and Tesco Mum of the Year 2015.