num_pages: 248
description: A medical emergency forces a brilliant Harvard oncologist to reveal that she has been hiding her advanced breast cancer for a decade. Her husbandalso an oncologistmust set aside his anger and feelings of betrayal so that he can care for her during her final year of life.When Jane a world-famous Harvard oncologist suddenly collapses at work the medical team resuscitating her makes a shocking she has advanced breast cancer that shes been hiding for years. The results are catastrophic. In Sickness shows how even the most rational people can be nearly destroyed by their irrational fears. Tragic moving and wryly funny at times this is an unflinching portrayal of a complicated marriage and its secrets.
language: English
title: In Sickness: A Memoir
publisher: Post Hill Press