{"product_id":"overcoming","title":"Overcoming","description":"\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","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317233131902,"sku":"NW9781529318715","price":9.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529318715.jpg?v=1778721249","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/overcoming","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}