{"product_id":"9781529318715-overcoming","title":"Overcoming","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe powerful, compelling, award-winning memoir. 'If there's any message I want people to take from this book, it is hope that, even in the hardest of times, life is worth living, one precious moment at a time.' Vicky Phelan. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times Memoir of the Year 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Post Irish Book of the Year 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Vicky Phelan delivered an emotionally charged statement from the steps of the Four Courts in April 2018 - having refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement in the settlement of her action against the HSE - she unearthed the medical and political scandal of our times. It would emerge that, like Vicky, 220 other women who were diagnosed with cervical cancer were not informed that a clinical audit -carried out by the national screen programme CervicalCheck - had revised their earlier, negative smear tests. Their cancers could possibly have been preventable.\u003cbr\u003eSince then, Vicky has become women's voice for justice on the issue, and her system-changing activism has made her a household name.\u003cbr\u003eIn her memoir \u003ci\u003eOvercoming\u003c\/i\u003e, Vicky shares her remarkable personal story, from a life-threatening accident in early adulthood through to motherhood, a battle with depression, her devastating later discovery that her cancer had returned in shocking circumstances - and the ensuing detective-like scrutiny of events that led the charge for her history-making legal action.\u003cbr\u003eAn inspiring story of rare resilience and power, \u003ci\u003eOvercoming\u003c\/i\u003e is an account of how one woman can move mountains - even when she is fighting for her own life - and of finding happiness and strength in the toughest of times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Calls to mind the work of Emilie Pine, or the memoir by Maggie O'Farrell, \u003ci\u003eI Am, I Am, I Am\u003c\/i\u003e . \u003ci\u003eOvercoming\u003c\/i\u003e is more than the retelling of an extraordinary life. Its pacing and gentleness leaves plenty of room for tears and for reflection' \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944768090209,"sku":"9781529318715","price":8.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/ab12abb6793177a37443980e4e75d5e5.png?v=1692768572","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529318715-overcoming","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}