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Award-winning Wirral author and breast cancer survivor Estelle Maher, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019, is preparing to lift the lid on her own experience with the publication of a new book.<\/p>\n
The Killing of Tracey Titmass is the author’s third novel and it will be officially launched during a virtual event on October 29 to coincide with Breast Cancer Awareness Month which runs throughout October.<\/p>\n
The book, which is written in diary format, re-tells Estelle\u2019s own roller-coaster journey of living with cancer, through the eyes of fictional character Jo Kearns and it\u2019s hoped it will help others suffering with the disease.<\/p>\n
Both humorous and poignant, the inspiring tale covers the raw emotions and physical discomforts associated with diagnosis, surgery, treatment and life post-cancer.<\/p>\n In the story Jo\u2019s cancer tumour is given a life of its own and is personified through the character Tracey Titmass – an unwanted housemate, who has long overstayed her welcome.<\/p>\n Esther, says she hadn\u2019t planned on turning her own experiences into a book.<\/p>\n I kept a diary because writing helped me to come to terms with my own emotions. It helped to stop my head feeling so fizzy and was to some extent, medicinal. I hadn\u2019t planned on turning it into a book but then friends suggested that it might help others going through a similar experience.<\/p>\n \u201cIt took me several attempts. It sounds daft but at first I didn\u2019t feel comfortable with inflicting cancer on a character. I know it\u2019s all fictional but it just seemed too cruel and emotionally I found that very difficult.<\/em><\/p>\n