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Cancer Is a Bitch: (Or, I'd Rather Be Having a Midlife Crisis)
Cancer Is a Bitch - Or, I'd Rather Be Having a Midlife Crisis Author:Gail Konop Baker Gail Konop Baker was a runner, yoga practitioner, doctor?s wife, and lifelong subscriber to Prevention magazine. As her 46th birthday approached, she looked forward to a time when she could finally take a deep breath?with her oldest daughter preparing for college, her youngest one a high school sophomore, and her son growing into a mature... more » fourth grader. Then, right before Valentine?s Day 2006, she heard the words that would forever change her life: ?Just to be safe, I think we should biopsy.? It was the beginning of her year-long battle with breast cancer and its fallout?a battle that would upstage any midlife crisis she?d worried was waiting in the wings. As she writes, ?I wanted to be feeling bad about my neck; instead I was feeling bad I wouldn?t live long enough to feel bad about it.? Based on her popular Literary Mama column, Cancer Is a Bitch is the author?s raw, moving account of juggling midlife, motherhood, and marriage with a rogue boob?and, ultimately, triumphing.« less