A Breast Cancer Alphabet Author: Madhulika Sikka | Language: English | ISBN:
B00EX4E2KI | Format: EPUB
A Breast Cancer Alphabet 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.
From the Hardcover edition.- File Size: 8733 KB
- Print Length: 224 pages
- Publisher: Crown (February 25, 2014)
- Sold by: Random House LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00EX4E2KI
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,636 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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My mom is a month from her diagnosis and two weeks into her first chemo treatments. She said that although not everything is the same, the perspective provided by Sikka is spot on and helpful.
By Anthony Broxterman
Though I am only part way through my treatment and have yet to visit all of Cancerland, it's as if Madhulika spent some time inside my head while writing this terrific book that includes thoughts, feelings, and tips based on her own experience with breast cancer. While everyone will have a slightly different experience, I suspect that most women making their way through breast cancer treatment will feel the same. This quick, easy read tells it like it is, and does so without sugar coating the many challenges of having breast cancer. The illustrations for each letter of the alphabet are clever and add a touch of levity to the book, and the note taking pages at the end will be a good place for readers to memorialize their own letters of the breast cancer alphabet.
By Cyndi W
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