Cancer Vixen by Marisa Acocella Marchetto

Cancer Vixen by Marisa Acocella Marchetto

The groundbreaking graphic memoir that inspires breast cancer patients to fight back--and do so with style. * "Powerful ... A vibrant, neon chronicle with plenty of atti­tude ... A triumph of imagination and spirit." --Los Angeles Times

"What happens when a shoe-crazy, lipstick-obsessed, wine-swilling, pasta-slurping, fashion-fanatic, about-to-get-married big-city girl cartoonist with a fabulous life finds ... a lump in her breast?"

That's the question that sets this powerful, funny, and poignant graphic memoir in motion. In vivid color and with a taboo-breaking sense of humor, Marisa Acocella Marchetto tells the story of her eleven-month, ultimately triumphant bout with breast cancer--from diagnosis to cure, and every challenging step in between.

Marisa Acocella Marchetto is a New Yorker cartoonist whose work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Glamour, and O, The Oprah Magazine, among others. She's also the author of Cancer Vixen, a graphic memoir that was named one of Time's top 10 graphic memoirs and a National Cartoonists Society Graphic Novel of the Year finalist. She lives in New York City and is the founder and chair of the Marisa Acocella Marchetto Foundation at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Dubin Breast Center at Mount Sinai.

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ISBN 13	9780375714740
ISBN 10	037571474X
Title	Cancer Vixen
Author	Marisa Acocella Marchetto
Series	Pantheon Graphic Library
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2009-09-29
Number of pages	224
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.