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Book - Pretty is What Changes
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Item Code: Book/pretty
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Pretty is What Changes: Impossible Choices, the Breast Cancer Gene, and
How I Defied My Destiny by Jessica Queller is a timely,
affecting memoir from the front lines of medical science:
When genetics can predict how we may die, how
then do we decide how to live? Eleven months after her
mother succumbs to cancer, the author has herself tested for the
"breast cancer" gene mutation. After receiving positive results
that indicate an elevated risk of developing breast
and/or ovarian cancer, she opts, at age thirty-four, for
a prophylactic double mastectomy that would
effectively restore life to her, even as it would challenge
her most closely held beliefs about body image,
identity, and sexuality. Pretty is What Changes
is an absorbing account of how she reaches
her courageous decision and its physical, emotional,
and philosophical consequences. It is also an incredibly
moving story told with surprising wit and style. 247 pages,
hardcover, published in 2008. See all of our inspiring
breast cancer
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