Well Done Me by Cordelia Feldman

Well Done Me by Cordelia Feldman

To say that life has been unfair to Cordelia Feldman would be a colossal understatement.

A gifted, gregarious student, her life was derailed at 19 when she developed an extreme form of bipolar disorder that severely limited her career aspirations, her social activities and her love life.

Aged 34, in an unbelievably cruel double whammy, she was diagnosed with breast cancer that was soon pronounced incurable and spread inexorably around her body.

WELL DONE ME is a frank, fearless and often funny memoir of her struggles with both illnesses, including no-holds-barred descriptions of the myriad treatments she has endured and their sometimes horrific side effects.

It is also an inspiring account of her many startling achievements in the face of a death sentence, not least publishing her first novel In Bloom, followed by this memoir.

Now aged 42 she has outlived her predicted life expectancy by several years. Well done her

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Cordelia Feldman lives in Hertfordshire with her hugely supportive parents, and a beloved ginger cat named Spitfire. Notwithstanding long term medical treatment for her bipolar disorder and cancer, Cordelia manages to keep fit with her passion for gym sessions with a personal trainer. She enjoys knitting, dog walking and Tarot, and her more recent studies include astrology.

Feldman, Cordelia: - Cordelia Feldman showed an early talent for writing, writing her first (unpublished) novel at age 14. She completed the first draft of IN BLOOM for a writing competition and expanded and polished it while studying for an MA in Creative Writing. A straight-A student throughout her schooldays, Cordelia went on to study Modern History at Oxford University. During her undergraduate days she began experiencing extreme mood swings of severe depression alternating with spells of mania, that were eventually diagnosed as bipolar disorder. Cordelia wants to make people aware of early signs of the disorder. 'If a teenager exhibiting Tanya's symptoms reads my book and thinks that's me, that's my problem, or a parent or friend recognises the behaviour of someone they love in Tanya's situation, this book will have served a useful purpose.' In her early 30s, Cordelia suffered an additional cruel blow, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, which has since spread to other organs. Now aged 41, Cordelia has done a great deal to raise public awareness of both bipolar disease and early-onset cancer and is an experienced media interviewee. In 2006 Cordelia played a prominent role in Stephen Fry's BAFTA nominated and EMMY award-winning documentary The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, and in the follow-up Part 2 in 2012. She has spoken about her experience of breast cancer on BBC News, BBC Radio Four's Woman's Hour, and her experience of bipolar on Sky. She was one of five 'real women' who starred in Estee Lauder's Pink Campaign film to raise awareness of breast cancer in 2014. Cordelia has also broadcast on BBC Three Counties Radio and recorded her own audio book version of IN BLOOM.

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ISBN 13	9781908706416
ISBN 10	1908706414
Title	Well Done Me
Author	Cordelia Feldman
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Dandelion Digital
Year published	2021-10-14
Number of pages	336
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