Cancer Schmancer

Overview

Part inspirational cancer-survival story, part memoir-as-laugh-riot, "Cancer Schmancer" picks up where Fran's last book, Enter Whining, left off. After the publication of that book, Fran's life launched into a downward spiral. She separated from a long and complicated relationship, her TV series started to slip in the ratings, and her beloved dog Chester Drescher's health was in major decline. Then came the mysterious symptoms no doctor could adequately explain. With her trademark humor, Fran tells of her indefatigable search for answers and the cancer diagnosis that she ultimately beat. But not before a gold mine of humorous insights were revealed to her about what really matters most in life.

Editorial Reviews

Drescher, most famous for her loud, nasal voice and her role on the 1990s TV series The Nanny, advises readers to "open a mouth" when dealing with their doctors in this down-to-earth account of her experience with uterine cancer. In the book which serves as an unexpected follow-up to her 1995 memoir, Enter Whining the actress describes living with symptoms for more than two years while shuttling from doctor to doctor without a diagnosis. She then depicts the hysterectomy that followed as well as her recovery, focusing mostly on the support she received from her friends and family and her first post-divorce boyfriend, who is 16 years her junior. She also devotes a chapter to the loss of her beloved dog, Chester Drescher. Consistently frank about her emotional ups and downs, Drescher addresses important quality-of-life issues such as fatigue and sex. Yet it is her storytelling skills and humor that make this uncomplicated book a good read. Although Drescher sometimes lapses into therapy-speak, tracing everything back to childhood, her one-liners can be priceless. Readers will warm to this straight-talking Queens native, even if they do tire of her celebrity woes (such as facing the paparazzi too soon after surgery). (May) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information. -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.

Author Information

Bio of Fran Drescher

FRAN DRESCHER was a co-creator, executive producer, writer, director, and star of the Emmy-winning hit series The Nanny. The New York Times bestselling author of Enter Whining, she has starred in such films as The Beautician and the Beast, Doctor Detroit, and Cadillac Man. She had featured roles in many other films, including This is Spinal Tap, Ragtime, Saturday Night Fever, and Jack. Ms. Drescher lives by the beach and has been cancer-free for the past two years. A Patient Advocate on the External Advisory Board for the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Ms. Drescher is also the 2002 recipient of the Public Service Award from the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation.

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Additional Info

Imprint

Hachette Book Group USA

Filesize

736.99 KB

Number of Pages

256

eBook ISBN

9780446405966