Author(s): Marilyn French

Health & Wellbeing

In 1992, American author Marilyn French, a smoker for 48 years, was diagnosed as having cancer of the oesophagus, which is almost always fatal, and was told she had only a year to live. Five years later, having battled with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, a heart attack and a breaking back, she was still alive - and, remarkably, her body showed no sign of cancer. This is her account of the fight against disease and death. 'A vigorous book' -- Mary Margaret McCabe, TLS 'The strangest thing about A SEASON IN HELL is that, even though it is a meticulous catalogue of her descent into this other, diminished, way of life ... it ends up being immensely cheering' -- Maureen Freely, GUARDIAN 'The struggle to assert control over chaos, and the painful realisation that your former life can never be resumed, is a powerful theme of the book' -- Julie Wheelwright, INDEPENDENT