Reconstruction

The complete guide to what to expect when you’re expecting the worst.

Reconstruction is a pragmatic but positive handbook for anyone navigating a diagnosis of primary breast cancer. It contains clear, useful advice on what to do and what to expect at all stages of treatment, from questions to ask your doctors and practical ways to reduce your risk of recurrence, right down to what to pack in your hospital bag.

Written by journalist and breast cancer patient, Rosamund Dean, this reassuring guide combines the most up-to-date therapeutic information from a variety of medical experts with evidence-based lifestyle advice, and will help every patient to live well during treatment and beyond.

Author Biography

Rosamund Dean is a journalist, author and former deputy editor of Grazia. In 20 years of working in women’s magazines, she has cooked with Jamie Oliver, coaxed Winona Ryder onto a sketchy rooftop in downtown LA, been taken to Bill’s by Renee Zellweger, and allowed a human behaviour scientist to rearrange her kitchen. She is also the author of Mindful Drinking: How Cutting Down Can Change Your Life, and recently launched Well Well Well: a weekly wellness newsletter for busy, cynical people. In 2021, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and documented her journey with a column in The Sunday Times Style. Rosamund lives in London with her husband, Sunday Times writer Jonathan Dean, and their two children.