i really loathe cancer patient memoirs ...
especially when:
a) the author ended up dying from cancer
b) the memoir has a pink ribbon on the cover or includes words from reviewers like "inspiring" or "courageous"
or
c) the "hook" is the young, irreverent, 20- or 30-something sassy breast cancer patient who wore lipstick to her mastectomy or invented the "save the boobies" tshirt line....
that being said, i would normally hate this new book, but i secretly really want to read it:
i realize it does not meet any of the aforementioned reasons for loathing cancer memoirs, but it just seems somehow hypocritical of me to be drawn to the whole concept here.
the really sad part is that i found out about this book from reading people magazine.
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If you read it, are you going to review it?