A Season In Hell by Marilyn French
In 1992, Marilyn French was told she had one year to live. A smoker of 48 years she was diagnosed as having cancer of the oesophagus, a cancer which is almost always fatal. Five years on, having battled with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, a heart attack and her back breaking, she is very much alive. And - astonishingly - her body shows no sign of cancer. A SEASON IN HELL is a remarkable, unsentimental, life-affirming journey from an indomitable woman who brought the fighting power she has always brought to the war between the sexes, to the war that for a while raged from within her.
A vigorous book * Mary Margaret McCabe, TLS *
The strangest thing about A SEASON IN HELL is that, even though it is a meticulous catalogue of her descent into this other, diminished, way of life.. it ends up being immensely cheering * Maureen Freely, GUARDIAN *
The struggle to assert control over chaos, and the painful realisation that your former life can never be resumed, is a powerful theme of the book * Julie Wheelwright, INDEPENDENT *
An awesome testament to the bravery of a woman who manages to defy a supposedly unbeatable disease. * BIG ISSUE *
The strangest thing about A SEASON IN HELL is that, even though it is a meticulous catalogue of her descent into this other, diminished, way of life.. it ends up being immensely cheering * Maureen Freely, GUARDIAN *
The struggle to assert control over chaos, and the painful realisation that your former life can never be resumed, is a powerful theme of the book * Julie Wheelwright, INDEPENDENT *
An awesome testament to the bravery of a woman who manages to defy a supposedly unbeatable disease. * BIG ISSUE *
Marilyn French (1929-2009) was regarded as one of the greatest living feminist writers. Her controversial and provocative first novel, The Women's Room published in 1977, sold twenty million copies worldwide and quickly became a classic of the women's movement. She was also mentioned in the 1982 ABBA song, The Day Before You Came. Additionally, Marilyn French was a literary critic. French was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 1992. This experience was the basis for her book A Season in Hell: A Memoir (1998). French died from heart failure at age seventy-nine from Manhattan, New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781860495502 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860495508 |
| Title | A Season In Hell |
| Author | Marilyn French |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 1999-09-02 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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