Milkshakes and Morphine
A Memoir of Love and Life
$47.54
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2019
Summary
Honest, heartrending and full of humour, this extraordinary memoir tells of an unconventional childhood and the absurdities of the cancer experience – and soon emerges as a celebration of life.
When Genevieve Fox finds a lump in her throat, she turns up for the hospital diagnosis in a party frock. I can’t have cancer, she thinks. I’ve done my hair. But there is another reason she can’t countenance cancer: she was orphaned by it at the age of nine.
Fox’s story…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784706692 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784706698 |
| Author: | Genevieve Fox |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2019 |
| Weight: | 266g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Generous, engaging and laugh-out-loud funny, Fox’s memoir is a reminder that the willingness to share experience, good, bad, and sometimes bloody terrifying, is one of the best parts of what makes us human – Julie Myerson
Part journal, part pitch-black comedy, this extraordinary account of childhood abandonment and life-threatening illness is also a painfully intelligent meditation on vulnerability * Rachel Cusk *
An unexpectedly optimistic and at times funny story of hope, warmth, and the vitality of love. – Helena Lee * Harper’s Bazaar *
Fox is a brilliant storyteller and a beautiful writer. – Anna van Praaghe * Evening Standard *
Delightful and moving… Fox’s writing brims with joie de vivre. – Alice O’Keefe * Spectator *
Candid and optimistic. – Fanny Blake * Woman & Home *
A cordial, confiding narrator. – Sarah Crown * Guardian *
Remarkably readable wit and flair. – Helen Brown * Daily Telegraph *
An original and wonderful book. – Allison Pearson * The Sunday Telegraph *
A witty, life-affirming book. – Valerie Grove * The Oldie *
Genevieve Fox
Genevieve Fox, formerly the Features Editor of the Daily Telegraph, has edited on a range of publications including the Independent, the Daily Mail, the Evening Standard, ES magazine, YOU, Arts Review, Grazia and Glamour. She writes about culture, property and luxury travel, as well as general features. Milkshakes and Morphine is her first book.
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