1st printing. By Marisa Acocella Marchetto.

What happens when a shoe-crazy, lipstick-obsessed, pasta-slurping, fashion-fanatic, madly-in-love, about-to-get married, big-city-girl cartoonist with a fabulous life finds a lump in her breast? That’s the question that sets this funny, powerful, and poignant graphic memoir in motion. In vivid color and with a taboo-breaking sense of humor, Marisa Marchetto tells the story of her 11-month, ultimately triumphant bout with breast cancer – from diagnosis to cure, and every challenging step in between.

Knopf/Random House. Hardcover, 192 pages, full color. Cover price $22.00.

(note: NM but no dust jacket)