Making Pearls From Grit

Isla Aitken

ISBN 10: 1838494200 / ISBN 13: 9781838494209

Published by Isla Aitken, 2021

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Making Pearls From Grit | Isla Aitken | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2021 | Isla Aitken | EAN 9781838494209 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Pearls From Grit
• Publisher: Isla Aitken
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1838494200
• ISBN 13: 9781838494209
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 13D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 357 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bücher

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Synopsis

Diagnosed with breast cancer while on holiday in Japan, editor, one-time environmental activist and wannabe politician Isla distracts herself with tourist adventures - including snorkelling in the South China Sea, learning about slipper etiquette and negotiating the three Japanese alphabets. Back in the less exotic UK, in between chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy Isla considers those other scenes from life - such as depression and farting during sex - and realises how people can be fully constructed by life's obstacles. When the family cat dies of lung cancer just as Isla is being cured, her anger at the illness's victory is undermined by her new discovery of the Japanese philosophy of "ikigai" reason for being. This memoir captures much that a cancer experience encompasses.