Book: Staying Alive: A Family Memoir

This is a very brave book, and a good read for professionals caring for families with a high risk of breast cancer. This intimate family story explores the dynamics of a cancer (or precancer) diagnosis in not just one beloved relative but five women in a family: the author—who was found to have many individual primary sites of carcinoma in situ after prophylactic surgery—her mother, two aunts, and a cousin.​cousin.