Book description
Weaving his own moving family story with a sweeping history of cancer research, Lawrence Ingrassia delivers an intimate, gripping tale that sits at the intersection of memoir and medical thriller
Ingrassia lost his mother, two sisters, brother, and nephew to cancer―different cancers developing at different points throughout their lives. And…
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Ingrassia lost many family members to cancer, but no one could ever figure out why. When researchers discovered a rare gene mutation, Ingrassia, a former editor at the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, decided to tell the story, weaving in the tragedies his family faced as well as those of others hit by this rare cancer.
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