
Singing the Life
Elizabeth Bryan(Author)
Vermilion (Publisher)
Published on 2. August 2007
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-09-191715-9 (ISBN)
Description
As a result of a genetically-transmitted gene, all three Bryan sisters, Felicity, Elizabeth and Bunny have had cancer. And, unusually, each of them suffered a different cancer; ovarian, breast and pancreatic. As the gene also has a dominant inheritance, half of their family members can be expected to carry it. Now, in a personal and deeply affecting memoir, Elizabeth writes of her family's extraordinary experience of this dreadful disease. Writing not only as a daughter, sister and aunt of those afflicted and bereaved by cancer, but as a sufferer herself, she will tell of the shocks, sadnesses, dilemmas and uncertainties that come with diagnosis and then treatment. Giving a personal view from both the perspective of a patient and that of a relative, as well as comparing the impacts of remission and terminal prognoses on herself and those around her, "Singing the Life" gives a uniquely wide-ranging account of dealing with life-threatening illness and the threat it still poses in her family.
Eloquently setting Elizabeth's personal story against the universal fears, problems and worries that face those affected by cancer, this is an inspirational and encouraging read unlike any other on the subject.
Eloquently setting Elizabeth's personal story against the universal fears, problems and worries that face those affected by cancer, this is an inspirational and encouraging read unlike any other on the subject.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Ebury Publishing
Product notice
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
452 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-191715-9 (9780091917159)
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Person
Elizabeth Bryan is a cancer sufferer but also a doctor. She nursed her father and one sister through the terminal stages of cancer and supported another sister and her husband in their experiences of cancer. She is a paediatrician specialising in twins and as president of the International Society of Twin Studies has worked closely with geneticists. She has also worked as an inspector for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and is the author of several books on twins and multiples.