| Cancer Vixen: A True Story Contributor(s): Marchetto, Marisa Acocella (Author) |
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ISBN: 037571474X ISBN-13: 9780375714740 Publisher: Pantheon Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Diseases - Cancer - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2009006288 |
| Series: Pantheon Graphic Novels |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.5" W x 7.9" (1.35 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The groundbreaking graphic memoir that inspires breast cancer patients to fight back--and do so with style. "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. -One of Time's top ten graphic novels of the year -Slate.com's medical book of the year -One of the Wall Street Journal's five best books on living with illness -Finalist, Books for a Better Life -Finalist, National Cartoonists Society Graphic Novel of the Year "Powerful . . . A vibrant, neon chronicle with plenty of attitude . . . A triumph of imagination and spirit." --Los Angeles Times "Ebullient . . . Visually invigorating and unflinching." --The New York Times Book Review "Irresistibly authentic . . . These words and pictures convey humility and humanity with witty grace and heartfelt power." --The Miami Herald "Funny, eye-opening, moving." --Time |