| Edition |
First Da Capo Press edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 195 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
In the spring of 2000, Robert Schimmel was riding high. He?d won the Stand-Up of the Year Award, his HBO special was a huge hit, and his sitcom had been picked up. And then it all came crashing down. Diagnosed with Stage III non-Hodgkin?s lymphoma, he was told he would have to undergo chemotherapy immediately. The sitcom was dumped and the fire of his white-hot career started to go out. But Schimmel never lost his sense of humor, his knife-like edge, and most of all, his passion to entertain. Indeed, it was his basic need to laugh-even if the only people around him were suffering from cancer and the room he was playing was the Mayo Clinic infusion center-that carried him through his ordeal. |
| Subject |
Schimmel, Robert -- Health.
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Cancer -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
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Cancer -- Humor.
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| Added Author |
Eisenstock, Alan.
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| Spine Title |
Cancer on $5 a day |
| ISBN |
9780738211589 hardcover |
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0738211583 hardcover |
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