Dimensions
154 x 233 x 21mm
In TELLING IT LIKE IT IS‚ acclaimed Queensland sports journalist AnneMarie White (OAM) tackles the topic of breast cancer. A breast cancer survivor herself‚ White draws on her considerable interviewing skills to tease out the stories of 21 women and one man‚ while telling her own story with honesty and humour.
Although following a familiar pattern - the shock of diagnosis‚ the challenge of absorbing serious medical information while under extreme stress ‚ the treatment‚ and the emotional and physical highs and lows - each interviewer's story is unique.
Liddy Young was diagnosed as a baby‚ national netballer Elissa McLeod at 19 and Daphne Pirie at 75. White interviews people from various ethnic backgrounds‚ she talks with parents‚ grandparents‚ office-workers‚ a celebrity hairdresser‚ a number of athletes‚ and several well-known Australians‚ including retired politicians Ros Kelly and Jocelyn Newman‚ athlete Kerryn McCann‚ author Susan Duncan‚ and former Australian of the Year Dr Fiona Stanley. Reading their experiences‚ you will laugh‚ you will cry‚ you will encourage every woman you care about to book that mammogram!
All royalties from the book go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
