Janet & Me
Subtitle: An Illustrated Story of Love and Loss
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: September 14, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780684872780
Subjects: Caricatures and cartoons; New York; Breast; Biography / Autobiography; Patients; Biography & Autobiography; Health; Biography/Autobiography; General; Cancer; Artists, Architects, Photographers; Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography / General; New York (State); Biography; Bode, Janet
First sentence: When Janet first felt the lump in her breast, she didn't tell me and didn't do anything about it for two months.
Description: In words and drawings both candid and human, Stan Mack follows his eighteen-year relationship with Janet Bode, a lighthearted fling that beat the odds to become an enduring love affair. The only thing they couldn't beat was cancer. As Janet and Stan confront the jagged terrain of cancer, then navigate the twilight of terminal illness, two portraits emerge: of a woman who faced her cancer the same way she lived her life, with guts and charm; and of the man who held her close and shared her struggle. For anyone who can't resist a beautifully told love story, for anyone who is touched by someone suffering from serious illness and looking for emotional and practical guidance, and for anyone who appreciates a life lived to the fullest, Janet & Me will resonate long after the last page is turned.