Wednesday, May 5, 2010

what i thought i knew


I'm on a memoir roll, apparently. Really loved this book. I'll let the jacket blurb for what i thought i knew speak for itself:

"Alice Cohen was happy for the first time in years. After a difficult divorce she was engaged to a wonderful man, she was raising a beloved adopted daughter, and her career was blossoming. Then she started experiencing mysterious symptoms. After months of tests, X-rays, and hormone treatments, Alice was diagnosed with an abdominal tumor and sent for an emergency CAT scan that revealed the cause of her condition. She was six months pregnant."

And I'll let Alice speak for herself, too, in this fabulous video: