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Cancer Vixen: A True Story (Pantheon Graphic Library)
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About Cancer Vixen: A True Story
Product Description The groundbreaking graphic memoir that inspires breast cancer patients to fight back— and do so with style. “What happens when a shoe-crazy, lipstick-obsessed, wine-swilling, pasta-slurping, fashion-fanatic, about-to-get-married big-city girl cartoonist with a fabulous life finds . . . a lump in her breast?” That’s the question that sets this powerful, funny, and poignant graphic memoir in motion. In vivid color and with a taboo-breaking sense of humor, Marisa Acocella Marchetto tells the story of her eleven-month, ultimately triumphant bout with breast cancer—from diagnosis to cure, and every challenging step in between. •One of Time’s top ten graphic novels of the year •Slate.com’s medical book of the year •One of the Wall Street Journal’s five best books on living with illness •Finalist, Books for a Better Life •Finalist, National Cartoonists Society Graphic Novel of the Year “Powerful . . . A vibrant, neon chronicle with plenty of attitude . . . A triumph of imagination and spirit.” — Los Angeles Times “Ebullient . . . Visually invigorating and unflinching.” — The New York Times Book Review “Irresistibly authentic . . . These words and pictures convey humility and humanity with witty grace and heartfelt power.” — The Miami Herald “Funny, eye-opening, moving.” — Time Review “There’s emotion, fear and vulnerability in [ Cancer Vixen]. Plus almost a step-by-step guide to cancer diagnosis, surgery and treatment. But above all, for any cancer patient male or female, there’s hope and optimism.” –Terry England, Santa Fe New Mexican“Marisa Acocella Marchetto had the last laugh on her cancer. The New York-based cartoonist turned the disease on its head, by transforming her own battle with breast cancer into a big fat comic book, Cancer Vixen. The emphasis is on ‘comic’ . . . Marchetto’s goal was not, of course, to make light of or diminish the severity of the disease or her own condition, but to bring her seemingly boundless spirit into the healing process. It worked. Not only is her cancer in remission, but Cancer Vixen has become a publishing hit . . . This is triply good because she’s donating part of the proceeds from the book to breast care for underprivileged women.”–Alan Bisbort, Republican-American“Your remarkable book illustrates how the power of humor can transform a serious life event into an opportunity for personal growth as well as preservation of health. And it is just plain funny too: Congratulations on a terrific work of art that is as wise as it is witty. I will be recommending it widely.” –Dr. Larry Norton, Chair of Clinical Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center“One of the powerful revelations of Cancer Vixen is [that] cancer isn’t just an individual diagnosis; it has a social dimension that can affect patients as much as the therapies they choose . . . Marchetto gives us a vibrant, neon chronicle of her fears, her search for understanding and her efforts to cope with a diagnosis that arrives as she’s planning her wedding. Oh, and there’s plenty of attitude . . . A triumph of imagination and spirit.” –Nick Owchar, Los Angeles Times “‘I didn’t just want to write about cancer,’ [Marchetto] says . . . What you realize, when you read the book, is that what she writes about, in the end, is life–which in some cases includes cancer–and it becomes the story of how one woman’s life was changed by her experience. [There are] wonderful visual images in the book [that] are funny and heartwarming and sad and lovely, and they make you think. In addition, the book functions as a documentary, providing an incredible amount of information to women who are facing a cancer diagnosis themselves . . . A remarkable blend of firsthand narrative and a cartoonist’s singular perspective that makes her form of storytelling unique . . . [There are] a slew of heartwarming and hysterically funny moments . . . The reader is truly transported into [Marchetto’s] world.”–Diana Price, Women & Cancer “[Marchetto] det
