Origin: Spain
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Cancer Vixen: Mi Lucha Contra el Cancer
Marchetto, Marisa Acocella
Synopsis "Cancer Vixen: Mi Lucha Contra el Cancer"
"What happens when a shoe-crazy, lipstick-obsessed, pasta-slurping, fashion-fanatic, madly-in-love, 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 funny, powerful and poignant graphic memoir in motion. In vivid colour and with a taboo-breaking sense of humour, Marisa Marchetto tells the story of her 11-month, ultimately triumphant bout with breast cancer - from diagnosis to cure, and every challenging step in between. But Cancer Vixen is about more than surviving an illness. It is a portrait of one woman's supercharged life in Manhattan, and a wonderful love story. Marisa, self-described "terminal bachelorette" meets her Prince Charming in Silvano, owner of the chic downtown trattoria Da Silvano. A month before their wedding, she receives her diagnosis. She wonders: How will he react to this news? How will my world change? Will I even survive? And . . . what about my hair? From raucous "New Yorker" staff lunches and the star-studded crowd at Silvano's restaurant, to the rainbow pumps Marisa wears to chemotherapy, Cancer Vixen is a total original. Her wit and courage are an inspiration - she's a cancer vixen, not its victim: "Cancer," she says, "I'm going to kick your butt! And I'm going to do it in killer four-inch heels!" "From the Hardcover edition."
