Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1220444 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

About the Author
Pamela Bone is the former associate editor of Age newspaper and the author of Up We Grew. She has won the Melbourne Press Club's award and is a recipient of the United Nation's Media Peace Prize. She is now in remission from cancer.

Customer Reviews

Vale Pamela
Pamela Bone died on 26th April after losing her long and brave fight.
I don't usually read books about cancer but I always admired her newspaper columns (although sometimes not agreeing with her opinion) and when I saw the book I thought that it would be a 'warts and all' story.
This was definitely the case with her political opinions and experiences in many of the worlds hotspots interspersed wuth the journey of her illness.
She also quotes poetry, songs and the experiences of others with cancers, she is never self pitying and does not rely on religious belief for solace.
She critically explores every aspect of her treatment and also writes about death which she faces with an unflinching eye.
Pamela was a supporter of euthanasia and had the 'knowledge' to end her life if need be, but the newspaper reports of her death say that she did not need to take this step.
I found this book truly inspirational and feel a great sadness as I write this even though I never knew her.

A Wonderful, Genre-Defying Read
Although it is the case that Ms. Pamela Bone writes bravely and honestly about the devastating diagnosis, the grueling treatment, and now the welcome remission of her multiple myeloma, in a logical extension of her life's work as a writer of editorials and opinion pieces for a Melbourne, Australia newspaper, she also opines about current events, international travel, world affairs, and this and that. Reading this book is almost like sitting across the kitchen table from Ms. Bone, sipping coffee, munching on fresh pastries, and chatting about whatever comes up. And, by the end of the book, one almost feels as though one has been befriended. As with all friends, the parting is bittersweet.

This book is difficult to categorize, for it will be of interest not only to cancer survivors and those who love them, but also to people who are interested in politics, human rights, women's issues, medicine, and end-of-life issues and people who just enjoy reading a good yarn written by someone with a direct, no-nonsense style, a lot of opinions, a keen intellect, and a sharp wit.

I highly recommend this book and wish the author continued good health. And I hope she writes more books, for hers is a voice that should not be silenced.