Eating Pomegranates: A Memoir of Mothers, Daughters, and the BRCA Gene
- ISBN13: 9781439148198
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
An intensely powerful and moving memoir about genetics, mortality, family, femininity, and the author’s battle with cancer After the grief of losing her mother to cancer when Sarah Gabriel was a teenager, she had learned to appreciate “the charms of simple happiness.” With a career as a journalist, a home in Oxford, England, a husband, and two young daughters, she was content. But then at age forty-four, she was diagnosed with breast cancer—the result of M18T, a… More >>
Eating Pomegranates: A Memoir of Mothers, Daughters, and the BRCA Gene
I found this book compelling and easy to read. It was interesting and well written. What really struck me was the unflinching look at cancer, treatment and what goes on in your head while going through the treatment process. While reading I was struck by my own reactions to her experiences. I felt very naive and ignorant about the effects of the disease and chemotherapy. From the outside you think of chemo as live saving and necessary but I never thought about the extreme pain that it causes. Through this author’s fine writing I felt her pain, her panic, her exhaustion and her reluctance to feel positive even after her cancer appears to be in remission. Thank you for such a thoughtful book.
Rating: 5 / 5
Eating pomegranates is a beautifully written book. The story is intense, fascinating, and heart-wrenching at times. To see the intimate details of life through the perspective of a woman with this cancer is incredibly valuable. I enjoyed this book very much.
Rating: 5 / 5
This raw yet elegant memoir will grab you from the first paragraph. Intense, honest, and masterfully crafted, Eating Pomegranates is not only an important story… it sings. While I normally don’t pick up memoirs, I read this on a recommendation and was immediately struck with its wit, humor, and grace.
Rating: 5 / 5