Tales from the Tail End : My Cancer Diary

‘When I was first diagnosed with Stage One of an aggressive type of breast cancer, I was stunned and disappointed in myself but quickly found my resolve. I chose to fight cheerfully… A day of life is still life.’

Cancer finally claimed Ananya Mukherjee, but she remained her own person—inimitable, indomitable—to her last day; refusing to be crushed, even as she remained clear-eyed about the limits of hope and medicine. And she left behind a host of memories for those who knew her, and a beautiful, unusual legacy for the world—a moving and inspiring diary of her ‘cheerful fight’.