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“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.
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Kirt Hoel
reviewed Cancer Vixen: A True Story on October 05, 2014 Cancer Vixen: A True Story
Thank You to Jean, (Goodreads friend), for recommending this book!
Marisa Acocella Marchetto is a graphic cartoonist artist....and Cancer Survivor.
In this true story Marisa says..."Cancer, I Am Going To Kick Your Butt".
With humor, warmth, colorful expressive drawings, Marisa reminds us and awakens us
that Cancer is more than surviving an illness ... It can transform a person's life.
The journey we take with Marisa begins when she was swimming laps and noticed her arm hurt..."something fishy". She was diagnosed with a lump in her breast.
Her book is a realistic honest storytelling of the ins and outs of what comes next...
( after the lump).
Feelings, ( the full range), phone calls, conversations with family & friends,
her thoughts about shoes, style, and her ongoing desire to continue to enjoy living as close to
normal as she ever has, working and meeting deadlines, exercise, ( good days and not so good), and a close look at the process with chemo and radiation.
Marisa opens herself up fully to us...( letting us see her sparkling-and down to earth personality), by telling us about her life before Cancer -- and how Cancer changed everything.
She warns us about the risks of not having health insurance. Statistics of surviving Cancer without health insurance is much lower. Marisa - herself did not have health insurance -( she had let it lapse), was offered Financial help from her parents and fiancé.
A fiancé at her side ( a beautiful love story), and support coming out of the woodwork ...
much of Marisa's story is very inspiring.
Many thanks to Marisa for adding lightness to darkness, charming us with your drawings,
and being an inspiration to many.
Perfect gift book for my friend Meara... who was recently diagnosed with Breast Cancer and has started treatment at Stanford.
NOTE: I wouldn't suggest an ebook. ( it's possible), but couldn't be nearly as colorful.
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