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Overcoming

The powerful, compelling, award-winning memoir

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Overcoming

By: Vicky Phelan
Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
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 '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

When 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. Since then, Vicky has become women's voice for justice on the issue, and her system-changing activism has made her a household name.

In her memoir Overcoming, 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.

An inspiring story of rare resilience and power, Overcoming 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.

(P)2019 Hachette Books Ireland©2019 Vicky Phelan Cancer Physical Illness & Disease Memoir
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Very brave and devastating true story of a woman’s life. Very proud to be a fellow irish woman listening to it. Vicky fought for justice which is something Irish people have always been good at. Everyone has been touched by cancer through a family member or friend but it was harrowing to hear about it so honestly from the sufferer’s side and hear the things that they don’t tell you. Definitely worth a listen.

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