Season In Hell
«A vigorous book»
Mary Margaret McCabe, TLS
In 1992, Marilyn French was told she had one year to live. A smoker of 48 years she was diagnosed as having cancer of the oesophagus, a cancer which is almost always fatal. Five years on, having battled with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, a heart attack and her back breaking, she is very much alive. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Virago Press Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 272
- ISBN
- 9781860495502
- Utgivelsesår
- 1999
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«A vigorous book»
Mary Margaret McCabe, TLS
«The strangest thing about A SEASON IN HELL is that, even though it is a meticulous catalogue of her descent into this other, diminished, way of life ... it ends up being immensely cheering»
Maureen Freely, GUARDIAN
«The struggle to assert control over chaos, and the painful realisation that your former life can never be resumed, is a powerful theme of the book»
Julie Wheelwright, INDEPENDENT
«An awesome testament to the bravery of a woman who manages to defy a supposedly unbeatable disease.»
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