In the author’s note to The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
The tale, spun almost novel-like at points, includes doctors, chemists, children, victims, and survivors, each a story in its own weaving into the greater narrative about one of the greatest diseases to ravage our race and that has eluded cure or solution.
I owe a shout out to my good cousin Adam, but for whose gift to me of the book I might not have read it. It’s a fascinating medical history, but completely accessible to the lay reader.
Publius Online is participating in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge, a month-long quest to post every day. Each day should match a letter of the alphabet. Today is the letter E.
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I’ve been making a list of nonfiction books I want to read. This sounds very interesting.
Susan, I hope you’ll add it to your reading list. It’s a fantastic read.
Great post! I’m adding this one to my Good Read’s list.
Connie
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I hope you enjoy it, Peanut Butter.
What a book! Excellence! You would fall in love with cancer while reading this book. And the quality of research and facts will surprise you beyond imagination. Writer has interconnected distant points extremely well creating a huge picture about everything and anything happening in Cancer across the world. I think the book is a must read for everyone, esp. non medicos.