A Breast Cancer Alphabet A Breast Cancer Alphabet

A Breast Cancer Alphabet

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Publisher Description

A definitive and approachable guide to life during, and after, breast cancer
 
The biggest risk factor for breast cancer is simply being a woman.  Madhulika Sikka's A Breast Cancer Alphabet offers a new way to live with and plan past the hardest diagnosis that most women will ever receive: a personal, practical, and deeply informative look at the road from diagnosis to treatment and beyond.

What Madhulika Sikka didn't foresee when initially diagnosed, and what this book brings to life so vividly, are the unexpected and minute challenges that make navigating the world of breast cancer all the trickier.  A Breast Cancer Alphabet is an inspired reaction to what started as a personal predicament.

This A-Z guide to living with breast cancer goes where so many fear to tread: sex (S is for Sex - really?), sentimentality (J is for Journey - it's a cliché we need to dispense with), hair (H is for Hair - yes, you can make a federal case of it) and work (Q is for Quitting - there'll be days when you feel like it).  She draws an easy-to-follow, and quite memorable, map of her travels from breast cancer neophyte to seasoned veteran.

As a prominent news executive, Madhulika had access to the most cutting edge data on the disease's reach and impact.  At the same time, she craved the community of frank talk and personal insight that we rely on in life's toughest moments.  This wonderfully inventive book navigates the world of science and story, bringing readers into Madhulika's mind and experience in a way that demystifies breast cancer and offers new hope for those living with it.

GENRE
Health, Mind & Body
RELEASED
2014
February 25
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
224
Pages
PUBLISHER
Crown
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
9.2
MB

Customer Reviews

Mjrock72 ,

The voice inside your head in ink

The author was spot on with the thoughts and feelings one goes through when diagnosed with breast cancer ( or any cancer I image). It was a help to me to know my feelings going through this ugly thing were not unique. She felt them, too. A year out from "fighting" my second different cancer and reading this book, I shed tears I didn't know were still in me from feelings I have suppressed because I thought I was crazy for have having them. This is a book that should be in the "bag" of things that they give you right along with that little pink pillow.
I am on that vacation right now and don't feel guilty about it at all! I now can truly enjoy it.....