{"product_id":"the-boy-in-the-mirror","title":"The Boy in the Mirror","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"When you turn on the bathroom light your reflection stares numbly back at you, gormless and vacant. You blink. Your eyes are yellow, as is your skin. You've lost weight: your pyjamas hang off your arms like the wilting leaves of a dying plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou stare at yourself in the mirror for several surreal minutes. The thing before you is not you. But it is.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn January 2011, aged 21, Tom Preston was diagnosed with stage 4 advanced aggressive lymphoma. His chances of survival were optimistically placed at around 40%. This short, autobiographical work tells the story of the fight in the months that followed - but this is no ordinary cancer memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Boy in the Mirror is written in the second person - so the events in this book are happening to you, the reader, living through the hope, love, suffering, death and black comedy encountered by Tom during the battle to save himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A raw account of his months of excrutiating pioneering treatment.\" - The Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This is ultimately a book about love, trust, and overcoming death-defying odds.\" - \u003c\/i\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Biography \u0026amp; memoir, Medical (incl. Patients)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Valley Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781908853530\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Valley Press","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47919029911729,"sku":"SB-1908853530-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1908853530.jpg?v=1789441728","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-boy-in-the-mirror","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}