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Journalist Dina Rabinovitch had just turned 40 when was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2004. At that point she didn't know a thing about the disease. By the time of her death in autumn 2007, she was an expert. Her experience of the condition and its treatment, from diagnosis through mastectomy to remission and reoccurrence is recounted in this down-to-earth memoir, covering everything from trialling the last anti-cancer drugs to what to wear that's stylish after surgery. Warm, lively, at times irreverent, Rabinovitch's brave story of juggling a hectic career and a large, extended family while living - and dying - with cancer is essential reading.
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Dina Rabinovitch was a regular columnist for the Guardian, as well as a critic and children's books reviewer. She died, aged 44, on 30 October 2007.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
I heard Rabinovitch's publisher wanted to call this Don't Take Off Your Party Dress, like life with breast cancer is one big celebration. Rubbish. They're wrong, but she's right. It's a serious subject, it involves the whole family, it's terribly sad and sometimes happy, and life goes on regardless. The author is a journalist and the writing is totally compelling, the medical stuff is informative, and you don't have to have breast cancer to read it. Though if there's anyone out there who doesn't know someone with the disease, I'd be shocked. All the money's going to cancer research, which is another reason to buy the book and read it. This moving memoir is long overdue.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I work with cancer patients as part of my job. This book shows the nievity of patients, as professionals we sometimes forget, the importance of how a little knowlegdge can be a dangerous thing, how being a patient with cancer, that in most cases life can and does go on. It shows how it is possible to laugh whilst being in a very scary situation, and above all else, it reminds us how imoptant it is to listen to patients. It may be a daunting read, but is full of laughter and emmotion and I have enjoyed reading it.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
I have had the pleasure of meeting Dina Rabinovitch in a professional capacity and all I can say is - thank God someone decided to publish this book after it was turned down by many other short-sighted publishing companies. This is not just a book for people suffering from cancer, it is a book for everyone. It is a fascinating, moving, sad and sometimes shockingly honest account fo what happens when a mother of eight children - from two marriages - finds out she has breast cancer. There is no deliberate tear jerking here, just honesty about the whole complicated process of diagnosis, masectomy, drug trials, intravenous herception etc....It is obvious that the author is intelligent and motivated (which she is in real life) and I recommend this book to everyone....
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Take off your party dress
Excellent book & easy to read. As a person currently going through breast cancer treatment I found it informative, uplifting, sometimes sad but equally humourous. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Ms. Dee Loeve
What everyone needs ...
This is just the book that anyone going through an experience like that of the writer needs to read. Read more
Published on 15 April 2007 by S Katz
truly excellent book
I bought this book because I enjoyed Dina Rabinovitch's articles in the Guardian and wanted to read more by her. Read more
Published on 6 April 2007 by T. Flessas
Excellent read
This is a moving, informative and compelling account of the author's experience of breast cancer, written with insight and self-deprecating humour. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2007 by Jeffrey Davis
Take Of f Your Party Dress
I read this book in one go but I'll be revisiting it in the future. The book is surprisingly easy to read. The daily rhythm of Dina's busy life gives it momentum and energy. Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2007 by Ann Robinson
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Vanessa Thorpe, Sunday March 18, 2007.
As the late mother of a friend sat grim-faced on a London tube train, a strange man called to her with the cliched line: 'Cheer up... Read more
As the late mother of a friend sat grim-faced on a London tube train, a strange man called to her with the cliched line: 'Cheer up... Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2007 by A. Julius
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