"One in Three"

Just read a New York Times book review on the new book entitled "One in Three" written by Adam Wishart. Mr. Wishart relates the story of his father bout with cancer and how he personally coped with his father's ordeal...he sought knowledge and wrote this book:

Mr. Wishart reports that during his years of writing and talking casually about cancer, he had a horrifying effect on others. Hearing him, listeners would shiver or quail or walk away. But his book does not prompt that kind of response: Mr. Wishart has done copious research and used it to shape a story more gripping than frightening. In tribute to the intellectually adventurous spirit of his father, who responded to debilitating neck surgery by wearing a starched 16th-century-style ruff to hide his plastic collar, Mr. Wishart remains too erudite and civilized to succumb to fear.

The book apparently contains a fair amount of interesting history about cancer; for instance, ever hear of the "Radium Girls" of New Jersey? Neither had I...click here to check out the book review.