Marisa Acocella Marchetto

This book defies easy categorization and I loved it. It's gorgeously bound and illustrated and the story breathes glitter and fire. Really interesting and worth a read for anyone that thinks a Ziggy Stardust and Barbarella inspired view of an afterlife party run by strong females is a good thing. Bonus stardust for those who love celebrity gossip or who've felt run over by gossips.

Great stuff, even if I can't really identify with the absolute importance of not losing hair during chemo.

Especially liked the "sour grapes" drawings. Really wondered why all those skinny, grasping models were even doing in a restaurant, concluded these were Mean Girls because they were all starving.

This is the true story, told as a graphic novel, of a NYC cartoonist and her battle with breast cancer. She is diagnosed mere weeks before her wedding to resturantuer Silvano Marchetto, and between that, her job, and the constant nuisance of models hitting on her fiance, things start to get a little harried. The comic format lends levity when needed, but never detracts from the serious parts. Since Marchetto describes every excrutiating step of her diagnosis and treatment in great detail, I show more learned a lot about the process. My mom had breast cancer a few years ago (she survived and is doing fine now, thank goodness), but since I was living 700 miles away at the time I didn't really experience it first-hand. I don't usually like reading survivor stories, but this one was pleasantly non-glurgy, even if I couldn't always relate to her fashionista tendencies. This is something I would urge all women to read, especially those dealing with a recent diagnosis. It's funny and touching and ultimately uplifting. show less

Cartoonist Marisa Acocella shares her personal battle with breast cancer in a way only a New Yorker can in this illustrated memoir. On the eve of her marriage to a handsome Italian restaurant owner, Marisa finds a lump in her breast and it feels like everything she loves is about to be sucked into a black hole. But with courage, her faithful fiance, slightly crazy Italian mother, brutally honest friends and a little dose of fashion, she manages her eleven month treatment with grace and more show more than a little humor.

If you never thought a memoir on Cancer could make you laugh-out-loud, think again. With bold, witty and emotionally powerful illustrations, Marisa takes us through one of the most chaotic times of her life. This graphic novel has continually been named one of the best in its genre. show less