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Talk to the Head Scarf

by Emma Hannigan · 2011

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Emma was busy minding her own business when four little letters and one small number, BRCA1, threatened to turn her life upside down. Discovering the rare BRCA1 gene meant Emma had a 50 percent chance of developing ovarian cancer and an 85 percent chance of developing breast cancer. This book tells her story.

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adult
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medium · 352 pages

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