Cancer Vixen
Oct 25, 2009
Cancer Vixen
Category: Biography & Autobiography - Women; Health & Fitness - Diseases - Cancer
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: September 2009
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-71474-0 (0-375-71474-X)
This is a great graphic novel that is perfect for October, which as anyone who has gone to a store this month knows, is Breast Cancer (PINK!) Month.
Marisa was in her early 40's, lived life to the fullest in New York City, met a wonderful man who happened to own a wonderful restaurant and was on her way to becoming a first time bride when.......................she found a lump.
This graphic novel is a heartwarming, amusing, gripping and completely realistic look at what happens when cancer is discovered and your life looks as if it could fall apart completely - if you survive.
Marisa put on her war paint and decided to become a cancer vixen instead of victim. She amusingly described the tests and procedures that you have to go through to come out on top of this disease and cuts no corners on the descriptions. Her graphics of a mammogram will have you laughing and wincing at the same time.
This is a great informational book, fun to read, and an inspiration for those who discover they might have to deal with this illness in their life.
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*Marisa is the Founder and Chairperson of the Cancer Vixen Fund at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City.
