I've Got Cancer, What's Your Excuse?

• Date de parution : 02/09/2013
• Editeur : Hachette Ireland Digital
• EAN : 9781444743456
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• Support : Livre numérique

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• Thème : Non attribué
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You're told 'you've got cancer'. You expect shock, fear and tears. But not the secret relief, the silent desire to die, the surreptitious gratitude you may have been handed a get-out clause. You barely admit that to yourself, but it's there in the background, even as you begin treatment. This... Voir plus

You're told 'you've got cancer'. You expect shock, fear and tears. But not the secret relief, the silent desire to die, the surreptitious gratitude you may have been handed a get-out clause. You barely admit that to yourself, but it's there in the background, even as you begin treatment. This startlingly honest and humorous memoir from one of Ireland's most loved comediennes moves through depression, comedy, Catholicism, chemotherapy, the bog, emigration, and sex and having one breast and ultimately asks: 'Did cancer save my life?