At the age of 39, seven stone overweight, unhappily married and unfulfilled, Janice Day was diagnosed with breast cancer, and recommended for a full mastectomy. In Getting It Off My Chest, she recounts, with wit, frankness and charm, how the gruelling experience of illness, of breast surgery and reconstruction, prompted her to examine what was wrong with her life and how to make it better. Along the way, she rejects the near-unanimous recommendations of her doctors to undergo chemotherapy (ten years on, the cancer has not returned), separates from her husband, comes to terms with her unhappy childhood, of her past, loses seven stone and launches a successful career as a cabaret singer, stand-up comedian and writer. The result is a moving, funny and inspiring memoir. AUTHOR Janice Day is a professional screenwriter and stand-up comedienne. She lives in Surrey. SELLING POINTS ? Vast target audience as awareness of Breast Cancer becomes a key-stone issue in Women's Health ? Day is a successful comedienne with potential for widespread publicity ? For readers of Wife In The North by Judith O'Reilly and You Can't Take It With You by Jane and Mike Tomlinson
