First You Cry

About this book

"Every woman. . . should read it. Her book has the simple touch of truth." Gail Sheehy Author of The Silent Passage NBC News correspondent Betty Rollin glamorous successful and happily married had it alland then she learned that she had a malignant tumor in her breast. Written with wit warmth and soul searching honesty First You Cry is the inspiring true story about how one woman transformed the most terrifying ordeal of her life into a new beginning. With a new introduction and epilogue this unique memoir serves as a fascinating retrospective of the twenty-five years since Rollins first mastectomy and given the continuing threat of breast cancer tells a story that will inform all women as it touches them with its honesty and even humor.