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| Author: Jessica Queller
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 17194
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.1
ISBN: 0385520409
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.196994490092
EAN: 9780385520409
ASIN: 0385520409
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great informative memoir. May 14, 2008
I really appreciate Jessica's candid memoir. It is very helpful to women who are in the same situation. Also, for the friends and family, to help them understand the patients point of view. Thank you, Jessica.
Excellent book, very informative, highly recommend April 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I highly recommend the book. The author is a cousin of mine. I learned a lot about the family and her mother was one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen in my life. I have recommended the book to a lot of people that have a history of breast cancer in their family. She will be informing people and can save a lot of lives. I commend her for writing the book. I know it had to be a very difficult task.
I Couldn't Put it Down April 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I want to thank Jessica for the refreshing and honest story of her journey. I am dealing with the same issue and her book really talked to me. I would recommend this book to anyone!
Inspiring April 21, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
An absolute must-read. The vivid portrayal of loss and hope is so clear-eyed, so honest and so courageous that I was humbled and grateful to have been allowed this glimpse into Jessica's experience. I have already sent this book to more people than I can count.
Entertaining, Enlightening, and Very Brave April 21, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I throughly enjoyed and learned from this book and think Ms Queller is a gifted writer. The reviewers who criticize her lack of indepth information on BRCA testing and genetic mutations are being unfair. Ms Queller is not a genetics scientist or even a physican. (My stepson is a brilliant genetics biologist and, believe me, the average layman would not understand most of what he says.) Jessica Queller is telling this story as a patient, a patient who bravely poured out her very intensely personal experience to strangers to read. I think she deserves to be admired and even thanked. It is interesting to note how similar the critical reviews sound. Perhaps written by the same person using different names? Or maybe this is such a personal topic it has touched a raw nerve in some readers and upset their peace of mind. I don't know, but I do think the book deserves rave reviews. Many nonfiction books are poorly written and bore me to death. This story never bored me for one minute; I was entertained, enlightened, and impressed. Kudos, Ms Queller. I hope you will continue to write about your ongoing experiences and (best wishes) with your family planning.
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