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Love and Remission

Love and Remission

Annie Belasco

(2018)

Abstract

In her mid-twenties, balancing a stable job and a partying lifestyle, Annie was also on the hunt for a man. She wanted to find Mr Right, get married, buy a house, and live the life she’d always wanted. But then one day, she found a lump ...

Breast cancer. The two words that would derail Annie’s life. Suddenly she realised how short her life had been, and the very idea of finding love seemed impossible. As her hair fell out, and her social life crumbled, her mental health deteriorated. She began to question if she would actually survive. Struggling with an identity crisis and worryingly low moods, she wondered if she’d ever be able to live the normal life that had been within her reach only months earlier.


Love and Remission tells the tale of a young woman in search of love and mental wellbeing.
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“Raw and honest … Brilliantly captures Annie’s determination to live” – Victoria Derbyshire


“This book will provide a source of hope and humour to many” – Baroness D. Morgan, CEO at Breast Cancer Now


"There is a poignancy about Annie's writing, particularly when she talks about mental health, which is something we don't all necessarily see or touch." - Gloria Hunniford

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
COVER COVER
THE AUTHOR 1
COPYRIGHT 2
DEDICATION 5
CHAPTER 1 YOU-KNOW-WHAT\r 7
CHAPTER 2 BUT YOU’RE ONLY 25\r 13
CHAPTER 3 MAYBE IT WON’T KILL YOU, BUT IT MIGHT TRY\r 24
CHAPTER 4 SPREADABLE\r 31
CHAPTER 5 PLENTY OF FISH IN THE SEA\r 33
CHAPTER 6 THE BIG CHOP\r 39
CHAPTER 7 A NEW CHAPTER\r 47
CHAPTER 8 DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER 61
CHAPTER 9 THE TWELVE MONTHS OF CANCER\r 69
CHAPTER 10 FEELING UNWELL\r 81
CHAPTER 11 PILING ON THE POUNDS\r 86
CHAPTER 12 MAD NIGHT\rOUT 91
CHAPTER 13 SWOLLEN\r 99
CHAPTER 14 EMPOWERMENT\r 106
CHAPTER 15 SICK LEAVE\r 113
CHAPTER 16 GRATITUDE\r 122
CHAPTER 17 10, 9, 8 …\r 130
CHAPTER 18 DOG DAYS ARE OVER\r 134
CHAPTER 19 HAPPY\r 144
CHAPTER 20 MEETING THE FOCKERS\r 152
CHAPTER 21 RADIOTHERAPY \r 157
CHAPTER 22 THROWING A SICKIE\r 162
CHAPTER 23 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN\r 169
CHAPTER 24 HOME SWEET HOME\r 174
CHAPTER 25 PUT A RING ON IT\r 180
CHAPTER 26 THE BOOB JOB\r 186
CHAPTER 27 BRIDEZILLA\r 189
CHAPTER 28 AND IT GOES ON\r 194
CHAPTER 29 RECONSTRUCTION\r 197
CHAPTER 30 NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET\r 204
CHAPTER 31 RETURNING HOME\r 211
CHAPTER 32 SUSPICIOUS LUMP\r 222
CHAPTER 33 WHERE THERE IS HOPE\r 225
CHAPTER 34 WHAT’S THE TIME?\r 229
CHAPTER 35 WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU MAKES YOU WEAKER\r 233
CHAPTER 36 HEN-IDORM\r 242
CHAPTER 37 THE C-WORD (CO-CODAMOL)\r 246
CHAPTER 38 HAIRLESS CAT\r 251
CHAPTER 39 ALL CHANGE\r 254
CHAPTER 40 I’M GETTING MARRIED IN THE MORNING!\r 260
CHAPTER 41\rMARRIED!\r 264
CHAPTER 42 PLANTING THE SEED\r 266
CHAPTER 43 SICKNESS\r 270
CHAPTER 44 GRANDPA AGAIN\r 274
CHAPTER 45 BREAST IS NOT BEST\r 276
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\r 281