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Milkshakes and Morphine

A Memoir of Love and Loss
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'Extraordinary' Rachel Cusk 'Exquisite and tender' Sarah Perry 'Unexpectedly joyous' Julie Myerson This is a singular memoir: an excavation of mother love, a candid account of the agonies, and absurdities, of the cancer experience, and a doggedly optimistic paean to life. When Genevieve Fox finds a lump in her throat, she turns up for the hospital diagnosis in a party frock and fancy hair. I can't have cancer, she thinks. I've done my hair. But there is another reason she can't countenance cancer. Genevieve was orphaned to it at the age of nine. Genevieve's story weaves together past and present as she recalls her rackety, unconventional childhood, while also facing the spectre of being lost to her young boys. Yet, she confronts her treatment with the same sassy survival instinct that characterised her childhood misadventures. Through an extraordinary alchemy, Genevieve takes life's precariousness and turns it on its head.

Author Biography

Formerly the Features Editor of the Daily Telegraph, Genevieve Fox has edited on a range of publications including the Independent, the Daily Mail, the Evening Standard, ES magazine, YOU, Arts Review, Grazia and Glamour. She writes about culture, property and luxury travel, as well as general features. Milkshakes and Morphine is her first book.
Release date NZ
January 25th, 2018
Author
Pages
384
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Imprint
Square Peg
Dimensions
144x222x34
ISBN-13
9781910931714
Product ID
26773977

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