Janet Reibstein

Staying Alive (eBook, ePUB)

A Family Memoir

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Janet Reibstein's mother and two aunts grew up in New Jersey amid a close-knit, extended Jewish family set apart only by a genetic propensity for breast cancer. Over fifty years, the disease claims Janet's two aunts, then her mother, then a cousin. Finally Janet must face the far-reaching decision of whether to undergo a preemptive mastectomy herself. A history of the disease in America as well as a story of sisters, mothers and daughters, and the men who love them, Staying Alive is ultimately a tale of extraordinary strength and of the power of love in survival.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781596918917
• Artikelnr.: 38326777

Autorenporträt

Janet Reibstein is a US-born, UK-based psychologist, therapist, coach and broadcaster. She wrote the UK Parenting Plan - a guide given to all divorcing couples on how to manage their relationship - and is Professor Emerita at the University of Exeter. Janet is also the author of the Bloomsbury books, The Best Kept Secret and Staying Alive.