Beat Breast Cancer Like A Boss, Ali Rogin
Beat Breast Cancer Like A Boss, Ali Rogin
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Beat Breast Cancer Like A Boss
30 Powerful Stories

Author: Ali Rogin

Narrator: Raechel Wong

Unabridged: 8 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/22/2021


Synopsis

Edie Falco, Sheryl Crow, Athena Jones, Heidi Heitkamp, and an inspiring array of other breast cancer survivors and "previvors" lend their voices to this collection of powerful stories.

Drawing from firsthand interviews of successful, high-profile women from myriad industries and perspectives, award-winning journalist Ali Rogin brings together an all-star support and recovery team to inspire anyone confronting a cancer diagnosis, along with their loved ones. Learn how preeminent actresses, musicians, politicians, journalists, and entrepreneurs faced a formidable disease and put it in its place. In their own words, the women of Beat Breast Cancer Like a Boss inform and encourage by sharing their experiences and advice: how they told loved ones about their diagnoses, navigated treatment options, and managed the work/life/cancer balance.

Rogin, too, faced great uncertainty when she tested positively for the BRCA1 genetic mutation at age twenty. She found answers in the vibrant community of breast cancer survivors and "previvors" who also stared down the odds. With her brave decision to undergo a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy before even graduating college, Rogin joined this diverse sisterhood of women confronting breast cancer in its many forms with dignity, strength, and humor.

About Ali Rogin

Ali Rogin is a producer with the PBS NewsHour foreign affairs team, writing and reporting pieces for TV and the web. Her reports have also appeared on MSNBC, ABC, SiriusXM, and nationally syndicated FM radio shows. Rogin is a ten-year veteran of DC's political scene, covering the White House, Capitol Hill, and the State Department. She covered the 2012 presidential election, first as a campaign embed during the Republican primary, and then as part of the Obama re-election campaign press corps during the general election. During her senior year at New York University, she discovered she had the BRCA1 genetic mutation and decided to have prophylactic surgery before her graduation in 2009. A New Jersey native, Rogin lives with her husband in Washington DC.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Larissa on September 27, 2021

This is a wonderful read for anyone who is personally battling breast cancer or knows someone who is. It’s informative, revealing, real and emotionally raw at times. One thing to note is that many of the stories were of diagnoses from the early 2000s so cancer detection and treatment has come a long......more

Goodreads review by KT on November 01, 2020

If you or someone you know is impacted by breast cancer (which is unfortunately most of us), this is a must read. I learned so much and feel better equipped to be a supportive friend to people who are survivors. I wound up buying multiple copies to give to friends and family members.......more

Goodreads review by Sakeenah on January 27, 2023

Great stories. A few scared me and I had to stop reading until I was further along in treatment.......more