{"product_id":"the-boy-in-the-mirror-paperback-1","title":"The Boy in the Mirror - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"When you turn on the bathroom light your reflection \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003estares numbly back at you, gormless and vacant. You blink. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eYour eyes are yellow, as is your skin. You've lost weight: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eyour pyjamas hang off your arms like the wilting leaves of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ea dying plant.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou stare at yourself in the mirror for several surreal \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eminutes. The thing before you is not you. But it is.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\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\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Boy in the Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e 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\u003cem\u003e\"A raw account of his months of excrutiating pioneering treatment.\" \u003c\/em\u003e- 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","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68050283135199,"sku":"9781908853530","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/DrMPWs3mw9781908853530.webp?v=1792057978","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-boy-in-the-mirror-paperback-1","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}