Journal: A Mother and Daughter's Recovery from Breast Cancer FROM THE PUBLISHER
Late in 2002 British actress Lynn Redgrave learned that she had breast cancer. After sharing the news with her family she made the decision to undergo surgery, followed by a month-long regimen of chemotherapy and radiation. Together with her daughter Annabel Clark, then a photography student, she determined to record the experience through journal entries and Annabelﾽs photographs, creating a compelling document of treatment and recovery with an unprecedented level of intimacy. With heart-rending honesty, in bittersweet moments as beautiful as they are difficult, the photographs and journal entries illustrate a personal journey through the leading cancer diagnosed in women today. An essay by the well-known writer and medical authority Dr. Barron Lerner provides further insight into the diseaseﾽwhere we were twenty years ago in awareness of cancer, where we are now, and how far we still have to go to create awareness. Journal offers information and provides resources to patients and survivors, and spurs further research for womenﾽs health.
ﾽWent to the service at the Congregational church....By the end I feel peaceful and optimisticﾽa way to be part of the community. A way to feel I am not alone in my worriesﾽ.Upsetting phone calls regarding Annabel photographing at chemo, etc. Thank God that finally got cleared up. I cried so much. I realized how much her documenting this means to me.ﾽ ﾽLynn Redgrave
FROM THE CRITICS
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Acclaimed actress Redgrave kept her 2002 breast cancer diagnosis a secret from all but her closest family and friends. She followed surgery with chemotherapy and radiation and still managed to appear Off-Broadway in Alan Bennett's play Talking Heads. Her treatment and recovery are documented here through her daughter Clark's photographs and her own journal entries. The raw and honest photos present the intimate side of a disease that makes no exception for celebrity. The result is both inspirational and heart-tugging. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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