Cancer Vixen: A True Story

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 atti-tude . . . 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

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 09/29/2009
ISBN: 9780375714740
Pages: 211
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 7.90h x 7.50w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Library Journal 09/01/2009 pg. 135
New York Times Book Review 10/18/2009 pg. 24