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Staying Alive: A Family Memoir
Janet Reibstein
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Paperback. "Originally published: 2002. Commissioning organisation: Janet Reibstein. 256 p. 20 cm. Paperback. Fine clean copy, as new." Keywords: "Biography - General,Biography - Social & Health Issues - Living with Cancer & Other Illnesses,Health, Fa"
They were three beautiful, promising sisters, daughters of Jewish immigrants - Mary, Fannie and Regina, young women during the pre-war depression. In a tragic twist of fate, all three were to be diagnosed with breast cancer. Fannie died first, a young mother of three, then in the next decade, Mary, both lonely, painful deaths; while Regina struggled against her recurrent cancer until she was 64. Told by Janet, Regina's daughter, STAYING ALIVE is the story of the sisters - their battle with what seemed an invincible foe and the toll it took on their personalities, their sisterhood, their marriages and ... Read more
They were three beautiful, promising sisters, daughters of Jewish immigrants - Mary, Fannie and Regina, young women during the pre-war depression. In a tragic twist of fate, all three were to be diagnosed with breast cancer. Fannie died first, a young mother of three, then in the next decade, Mary, both lonely, painful deaths; while Regina struggled against her recurrent cancer until she was 64. Told by Janet, Regina's daughter, STAYING ALIVE is the story of the sisters - their battle with what seemed an invincible foe and the toll it took on their personalities, their sisterhood, their marriages and ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747564706
SKU
KEX0160977
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About Janet Reibstein
Janet Reibstein is a university lecturer, clinician, writer and broadcaster on the psychology of relationships. An American, she lives in the UK with her husband and two sons, currently teaching at the University of Exeter.
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