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My Breast - by Joyce Wadler (Paperback)
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Highlights
- After her breast cancer diagnosis in 1991, Joyce Wadler, a smart, savvy, forty-something New York writer, fought back with a grounded, roll-with-the-punches outlook.
- About the Author: Joyce Wadler, a former New York correspondent of The Washingon Post, has been a journalist for more than twenty years.
- 176 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Medical (incl. Patients)
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About the Book
On April 13, 1992, New York magazine published Joyce Wadler's cover story, "My Breast". During the next 48 hours, an entire city responded to Wadler's courage in confronting her fear of breast cancer. This book is the expanded, full-length version of Joyce Wadler's story. (Addison Wesley)Book Synopsis
After her breast cancer diagnosis in 1991, Joyce Wadler, a smart, savvy, forty-something New York writer, fought back with a grounded, roll-with-the-punches outlook. She took charge of her treatments, her options, her life -- and her disease. My Breast is her irreverently witty, fiercely personal story of facing cancer's obstacles and uncertainties with feisty courage.Read it for the first time, or read it again. In a new epilogue, meet Joyce Wadler as she is today. My Breast isn't the end of her journey, but a beginning....
Review Quotes
The Washington Post This hook stays in the mind....Through Joyce Wadler's ability to transform pain into laughter, her story will touch many other women's hearts is well.
Betty Rollin author of First, You Cry Funny, wise and true. I loved it.
Gloria Steinem author of Revolution from Within An irresistible and intimate story of defeating cancer with humor and self-respect.
Olivia Newton-John Every woman, like myself, who has gone through this will relate to My Breast It made me laugh a lot which is great therapy for anyone!
About the Author
Joyce Wadler, a former New York correspondent of The Washingon Post, has been a journalist for more than twenty years. She is presently at work on her book about her experience with ovarian cancer, Plucky Cancer Girl Strikes Back.Dimensions (Overall): 8.56 Inches (H) x 5.56 Inches (W) x .47 Inches (D)
Weight: .52 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 176
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Medical (incl. Patients)
Publisher: Gallery Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Joyce Wadler
Language: English
Street Date: November 1, 1997
TCIN: 1006740642
UPC: 9780671017750
Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-9611
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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