A Season in Hell
Autor Marilyn Frenchen Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 aug 2018
An extraordinary memoir on facing death . . . and choosing life
Where there’s a will . . .
Given a death sentence after being diagnosed with cancer, Marilyn French fought back . . . and won. A Season in Hell is the story of her battle to survive against overwhelming odds.
A smoker for almost half a century, French was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in the summer of 1992. She was given a year to live, but five years later, she was, incredibly, cancer free. In this inspiring account, French chronicles her journey, from her reaction to the devastating news, to the chemotherapy that almost killed her, to her miraculous return to life following a two-week coma. She shares her feelings on apathetic doctors, the vital importance of a support network of friends and family, and how her near-death experience forever altered her perspective and priorities.
Where there’s a will . . .
Given a death sentence after being diagnosed with cancer, Marilyn French fought back . . . and won. A Season in Hell is the story of her battle to survive against overwhelming odds.
A smoker for almost half a century, French was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in the summer of 1992. She was given a year to live, but five years later, she was, incredibly, cancer free. In this inspiring account, French chronicles her journey, from her reaction to the devastating news, to the chemotherapy that almost killed her, to her miraculous return to life following a two-week coma. She shares her feelings on apathetic doctors, the vital importance of a support network of friends and family, and how her near-death experience forever altered her perspective and priorities.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781504052795
ISBN-10: 150405279X
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 131 x 199 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Chicago Review Press Inc DBA Indepe
ISBN-10: 150405279X
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 131 x 199 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Chicago Review Press Inc DBA Indepe
Cuprins
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- 1992 March-June
- 1992 July
- 1992 August
- 1992 September
- 1992 October-November-December
- Out of Time
- 1992-1993 December-January-February
- 1993 February-April
- 1993 Spring-Summer
- Fall 1993-Spring 1994
- May 1994-December 1996
- Conclusion: Spring 1997
- About the Author
Notă biografică
Marilyn French
Descriere
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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. And - astonishingly - her body shows no sign of cancer. A SEASON IN HELL is a remarkable, unsentimental, life-affirming journey from an indomitable woman who brought the fighting power she has always brought to the war between the sexes, to the war that for a while raged from within her.
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. And - astonishingly - her body shows no sign of cancer. A SEASON IN HELL is a remarkable, unsentimental, life-affirming journey from an indomitable woman who brought the fighting power she has always brought to the war between the sexes, to the war that for a while raged from within her.
Recenzii
A vigorous book
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
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
An awesome testament to the bravery of a woman who manages to defy a supposedly unbeatable disease.
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
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
An awesome testament to the bravery of a woman who manages to defy a supposedly unbeatable disease.