Cancer Vixen: A True Story - Marisa Acocella Marchetto

Descriere Cancer Vixen: A True Story - Marisa Acocella Marchetto

\nThe groundbreaking graphic memoir that inspires breast cancer patients to fight back--and do so with style. \n What happens when a shoe-crazy, lipstick-obsessed, wine-swilling, pasta-slurping, fashion-fanatic, about-to-get-married big-city girl cartoonist with a fabulous life finds . . . a lump in her breast? That's the question that sets this powerful, funny, and poignant graphic memoir in motion. In vivid color and with a taboo-breaking sense of humor, Marisa Acocella Marchetto tells the story of her eleven-month, ultimately triumphant bout with breast cancer--from diagnosis to cure, and every challenging step in between. \n \n -One of Time's top ten graphic novels of the year \n -Slate.com's medical book of the year \n -One of the Wall Street Journal's five best books on living with illness \n -Finalist, Books for a Better Life \n -Finalist, National Cartoonists Society Graphic Novel of the Year \n \n Powerful . . . A vibrant, neon chronicle with plenty of attitude . . . A triumph of imagination and spirit. \n --Los Angeles Times \n \n Ebullient . . . Visually invigorating and unflinching. \n --The New York Times Book Review \n \n Irresistibly authentic . . . These words and pictures convey humility and humanity with witty grace and heartfelt power. \n --The Miami Herald \n \n Funny, eye-opening, moving. \n --Time\n

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Pantheon Books

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9780375714740

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