
Boy in the Mirror by Tom Preston
When you turn on the bathroom light your reflection>stares numbly back at you, gormless and vacant. You blink. Your eyes are yellow, as is your skin. You've lost weight: your pyjamas hang off your arms like the wilting leaves of>a dying plant.
You stare at yourself in the mirror for several surreal>minutes. The thing before you is not you. But it is.
In January 2011, aged 21, Tom Preston was diagnosed with stage 4 advanced aggressive lymphoma. His chances of survival were optimistically placed at around 40%. This short, autobiographical work tells the story of the fight in the months that followed - but this is no ordinary cancer memoir.
The Boy in the Mirror is written in the second person - so the events in this book are happening to you, the reader, living through the hope, love, suffering, death and black comedy encountered by Tom during the battle to save himself.
A raw account of his months of excrutiating pioneering treatment. - The Sunday Times
This is ultimately a book about love, trust, and overcoming death-defying odds. - The Sun
When you turn on the bathroom light your reflection>stares numbly back at you, gormless and vacant. You blink. Your eyes are yellow, as is your skin. You've lost weight: your pyjamas hang off your arms like the wilting leaves of>a dying plant.
You stare at yourself in the mirror for several surreal>minutes. The thing before you is not you. But it is.
In January 2011, aged 21, Tom Preston was diagnosed with stage 4 advanced aggressive lymphoma. His chances of survival were optimistically placed at around 40%. This short, autobiographical work tells the story of the fight in the months that followed - but this is no ordinary cancer memoir.
The Boy in the Mirror is written in the second person - so the events in this book are happening to you, the reader, living through the hope, love, suffering, death and black comedy encountered by Tom during the battle to save himself.
A raw account of his months of excrutiating pioneering treatment. - The Sunday Times
This is ultimately a book about love, trust, and overcoming death-defying odds. - The Sun
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ISBN 13 | 9781908853530 |
ISBN 10 | 1908853530 |
Title | Boy in the Mirror |
Author | Tom Preston |
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Binding Type | Paperback |
Publisher | Valley Press |
Year published | 2015-09-20 |
Number of pages | 88 |
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