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Title: Cancer Vixen: A True Story
Author: Marisa Acocella Marchetto
Illustrator: Marisa Acocella Marchetto
Primary Health Topic: Breast Cancer
Secondary Health Topic(s): Health Insurance
Special Considerations: N/A
Publication Date: September 26, 2006
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780307263575
GM Review: Review by Ian Williams / Guest Review by Nathan Sethu
Annotation: Cancer Vixen explores the experiences of Marisa Acocella Marchetto discovering a lump in her breast while uninsured. The patient experience explained in a striking visual and emotional manner. Marchetto describes her own unique experiences, but many are common and resonate with other breast cancer patients. Marchetto gives the reader an inside look at her mind during the process, including the unanswerable speculations of how and why she had cancer.
Annotated By: Alice Jaggers