- Published: 1 December 2010
- ISBN: 9781409001430
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 320
Eating Pomegranates
A Memoir of Mothers, Daughters and Genes
- Published: 1 December 2010
- ISBN: 9781409001430
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 320
Eating Pomegranates brought a prose of rare depth and distinction to the genetic science, harrowing psychology and even spiritual aspects of breast cancer: a horribly familiar pilgrimage through fear and hope for many, but hardly ever handled with such force and grace
Boyd Tonkin, Independent
4*, It's very intimate, and very well told.
William Leith, Scotland on Sunday
A beautiful, heartrending book
Observer
Gabriel's account of her illness is not only a literary gem, but will force anyone who reads it to re-assess how they talk to friends and family facing a similar prognosis.
Emma Hagestadt, The Lady
It always rings true, written, even at its most distressing, with elegant self-critical precision
Judith Rice, Guardian
It is a very brave book... Gabriel is an astute writer with a keen eye for the telling detail
Kate Chisholm, Daily Mail
Remarkable, uncompromising and full of intelligence and insight...she has done a great service in probing social attitudes and in describing the intricate, often unspoken negotiations between the sick and the well
Hilary Mantel
sadly so prevalent in recent years, the cancer memoir has seldom scaled the heights of eloquence or the depths of understanding that Sarah Gabriel brings to this book.
Independent