The Elegant Art of Falling Apart

Description

After completing seven months of gruelling treatments for breast cancer Jessica Jones travelled to Sydney to begin a celebratory three-month holiday with her boyfriend only to find herself D.O.A. - Dumped On Arrival! Marooned half a world away from her current home in London, with little money she faced a decision: return immediately, heartbroken and defeated or step forward into the unknown. Jessica made the decision to stay, to undertake a new adventure. Told in the first person, Jessica's book relates her encounter with cancer, mental breakdown and hospitalisation in Australia and her return to London. As the story unfolds it is interspersed with vignettes that delve into the past, mining the rich vein of her life's experience: a life studded with what self-help writers euphemistically call ''pportunities for growth. THE ELEGANT ART OF FALLING APART tells how Jessica learned to cope with whatever life threw at her and she did it all with style, grace and a smile on her face.

Jessica Jones grew up in Australia and New Guinea. After being asked to leave high school she ran away to London to drown herself in music and fashion. Jessica s life has been a colourful tapestry of enriching experiences: paralysis; addiction; glamour; world travel and careers ranging from waitressing to writing. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer Jessica started the acclaimed blog Chemo Chic A Guide to Surviving Breast Cancer With Style. The Elegant Art of Falling Apart is her moving and funny story of betrayal, break-up, breakdown, and cancer.

Jess has the amazing ability to make you feel that you are with her, every step of the way. I laughed out loud, I cried and I couldn t put The Elegant Art of Falling Apart down, couldn t stop reading until I d completed this extraordinary journey with her. - Susie Porter