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"Wishart seamlessly weaves together the personal, the historical and the scientific threads of his narrative to tell the story of cancer from the perspective of his father's illness. The result is both moving and informative, a book that tries to answer the questions Wishart's father asked when he was first diagnosed: what is cancer and why haven't we managed to cure it yet?"
There is a lovely review from a message board:
"I'm someone who finds the shedloads of rubbish (to quote Kate Carr) on the shelves about cancer very depressing and undermining and isolating, but this book is exciting, powerful, real. A bonus too is that Wishart's father was, like me, an atheist and a humanist and so both father and son's attitude to death is eminently refreshing."
LINK for a bit more.
I am Adam Wishart, a writer and documentary maker. I wrote ONE IN THREE : a son's journey into the history and science of cancer. It was nominated for the Royal Society Book Prize.
Read the Book's Introduction
I started it because my dad fell ill with cancer, and I wanted a book which answered some of my basic questions: how did he get it, would he be healed and why was there no cure?
"An amazing book" says Professor Karol Sikora. "Riveting" says David Lodge
Before that I wrote LEAVING REALITY BEHIND.
"An important story and as absorbing as a well crafted thriller." The Financial Times Other reviews.
And before that I made documentaries for the BBC. One of which won an RTS Award.
To contact me please email me at adam (at) adamwishart.info
