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One in Three: A son's journey into the history and science of cancer
One in Three: A son's journey into the history and science of cancer
paperback
Published:
7 June, 2007
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781861977823 |
| ISBN10 | 1861977824 |
| Number Of Pages | 320 |
| Item Weight | 249 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 23 x 193 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Profile |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | New Ed |
Media Reviews
Perhaps the most readable and comprehensive account out there of our battle with the big C. * New Scientist *
Both moving and informative * Guardian *
One in Three is a different type of cancer book. It is calm, factual, beautifully written, intelligent and moving. ... this book brings understanding, and most of all it also brings some hope * Literary Review *
a touching and deeply personal farewell. ... Wishart succeeds brilliantly in constructing a narrative that is a tribute both to his father and the scientists who have partly unpacked the mystery of cancer * Sunday Telegraph *
An imaginative fusion of anecdotal detail, medical science and poignant, elegiac narrative marks every chapter of this unusual book... What emerges is a unique profile of a father-son relationship, poignantly affectionate yet utterly devoid of sentimentality. -- John Cornwell * Sunday Times *
This book is a remarkable meld of medical history, scientific fact, and the human experience of cancer, once - and to an extent still - the most feared of diseases. Adam Wishart follows his father's experience of cancer, as well as his own as a son, in the most enthralling manner possible. I couldn't commend it more highly. * Claire Rayner *
...few who have read it would write off One In Three, Adam Wishart's fascinating if avowedly non-expert account of the quest for a cure for cancer - woven around the story of his father's struggle against the disease that will afflict one in three of us. * The Telegraph *
Author's Bio
Adam Wishart is a TV producer and director who has worked on Tomorrow's World and Horizon. He has won Royal Television Society Awards and a BAFTA, writes occasionally for the broadsheets and the New Scientist, and wrote Leaving Reality Behind (4th Estate). He lives in London.