Staying Alive
A Family Memoir
1st Edition
Published on 8. December 2008
256 pages
978-1-59691-891-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
ISBN-13
978-1-59691-891-7 (9781596918917)
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10/2003
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Person
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.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Prologue
- PART I: INNOCENCE
- 1 Three Sisters
- 2 Separations
- 3 Fannie's Story
- PART II: LEARNING
- 4 Regina's Long Story Begins
- 5 Regina: Living with the Enemy
- 6 Mary's Story/Regina's Story
- 7 The Curse
- 8 Regina's Story: Attempted Life
- 9 Regina's Story: Fighting Back
- 10 Shadows
- 11 Regina: Ending: I
- 12 Regina: Ending: II
- PART III: DECISION
- 13 Facing Facts
- 14 Decision
- 15 The Operation
- 16 Almost There
- 17 Staying Alive
