Sex, death and parties, hospital life, motherhood and thwarted literary ambition all feature in this disarmingly honest diary. Elisa Segrave first discovered a small lump in her breast in September 1991. The Diary of a Breast records her nine-month struggle against cancer in the same wry, acutely observant manner in which it evokes her troublesome family, her eccentric, cosmopolitan friends and fellow long-suffering NHS patients. The result is an immensely engaging mixture of truth and hilarity, privilege and deprivation, ...
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Sex, death and parties, hospital life, motherhood and thwarted literary ambition all feature in this disarmingly honest diary. Elisa Segrave first discovered a small lump in her breast in September 1991. The Diary of a Breast records her nine-month struggle against cancer in the same wry, acutely observant manner in which it evokes her troublesome family, her eccentric, cosmopolitan friends and fellow long-suffering NHS patients. The result is an immensely engaging mixture of truth and hilarity, privilege and deprivation, pleasure and pain.
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Add this copy of The Diary of a Breast to cart. $15.32, very good condition, Sold by Marches Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, HEREFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1995 by Faber & Faber.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.