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My So-Called Normal Life
Erin Zammett
A compellingly inspirational memoir of a young woman confronting the battle of her life with hope, humor, and style.
Overlook
April 2005
270 pages
ISBN: 1585676438
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
Twenty-three years old and fresh out of college, in love
with her boyfriend Nick, and having just started a great new
job as assistant editor at Glamour magazine, Erin Zammett
was looking forward to a future of unlimited promise - until
she was confronted by the one experience that no person,
young or old, is ever prepared to face. A routine checkup
by her doctor seemed to indicate that she was in perfect
health, until she was called back just a day later to be
told that a blood test revealed she had a type of cancer,
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, the only known treatment for
which was a bone marrow transplant; without treatment, she
had roughly five years to live. After the initial shock wore
off, and with the support of her family and friends, her own
inner strength, and a recently approved experimental drug,
Zammett immediately began the journey that would lead to her
recovery. She began to document her experiences to provide
an outlet for the thoughts that came rushing to confront the
brave new world she had entered, and the result, My
So-Called Normal Life, is a memoir of unparalleled candor
and poignancy, encompassing much more than leukemia and the
battle to overcome it. Above all, it's the story of a
twenty-something living her dream life amid the unlimited
excitement and adventure of Manhattan and confronting the
challenges of life and her new job - battling cancer - with
unbounded courage and optimism.
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