Staying Alive: A Family Memoir - Couverture souple

Reibstein, Janet

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0747555931 ISBN 13 : 9780747555933

Editeur : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2002

Synopsis

They were three beautiful, promising sisters, daughters of Jewish immigrants - Mary, Fannie and Regina, young women during the pre-war depression. In a tragic twist of fate, all three were to be diagnosed with breast cancer. Fannie died first, a young mother of three, then in the next decade, Mary, both lonely, painful deaths; while Regina struggled against her recurrent cancer until she was 64. Told by Janet, Regina's daughter, STAYING ALIVE is the story of the sisters - their battle with what seemed an invincible foe and the toll it took on their personalities, their sisterhood, their marriages and their children, particularly their daughters who, too, were likely to be victims. At the centre is the intense relationship between Regina and Janet bound by love and a genetic curse - and ultimately, Janet's momentous and far-reaching decision to be free of it.Candid and deeply moving, STAYING ALIVE is a truly inspiring story of survival, of hope and the possibility of overcoming destiny.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Janet Reibstein is a university lecturer, clinician, writer and broadcaster on the psychology of relationships. An American, she lives in the UK with her husband and two sons, currently teaching at the University of Exeter.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0747555931
• ISBN 13: 9780747555933
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible