{"product_id":"the-boy-in-the-mirror-tom-preston-9781908853530","title":"The Boy in the Mirror","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Preston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1908853530\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781908853530\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Valley Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.18d","brand":"Tom Preston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088945950975,"sku":"9781908853530","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da822748-fcc8-486f-88bb-6e4281875733.jpg?v=1769107430","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-boy-in-the-mirror-tom-preston-9781908853530","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}