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Overcoming
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
'If there's any message I want people to take from this book, it is hope that, even in the hardest of times, life is worth living, one precious moment at a time.' (Vicky Phelan)
When Vicky Phelan delivered an emotionally charged statement from the steps of the Four Courts in April 2018 - having refused to sign a nondisclosure agreement in the settlement of her action against the HSE - she unearthed the medical and political scandal of our times. It would emerge that, like Vicky, 220 other women who were diagnosed with cervical cancer were not informed that a clinical audit - carried out by the national screen programme CervicalCheck - had revised their earlier, negative smear tests. Their cancers could possibly have been preventable.
Since then, Vicky has become women's voice for justice on the issue, and her system-changing activism has made her a household name.
In her memoir Overcoming, Vicky shares her remarkable personal story, from a life-threatening accident in early adulthood through to motherhood, a battle with depression, her devastating later discovery that her cancer had returned in shocking circumstances - and the ensuing detective-like scrutiny of events that led the charge for her history-making legal action.
An inspiring story of rare resilience and power, Overcoming is an account of how one woman can move mountains - even when she is fighting for her own life - and of finding happiness and strength in the toughest of times.
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- Deirdre Lynam
- 21-11-19
Fabulous and Honest
brilliant telling of the story behind Vicky Phelan the courageous woman who took on the HSE and Cervical Check programme in Ireland and won. ❤
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- Anonymous User
- 12-04-23
incredible woman
Vicky will always be an incredible and strong woman for everything she has fought.
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- Mary Berg
- 25-01-22
Brilliant and Heartbreaking. So well told
Thank goodness we as women have such a wonderful person to fight for all
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- Cool kid
- 18-03-24
What a woman
Very interesting, moving, well narrated and honest. One very brave lady. I will pray for her.
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- Miss
- 11-01-21
Life changing
Wow. A must-read by an Irish hero and queen. Lifts the lid on the Irish cervical smear scandal and shows us how one woman's bravery unites a nation.
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- Lou Markey
- 28-06-21
Captivating
Really informative, sad but enjoyable read/listen.
Well done Vicky, we are behind you all the way.
The narrator was brilliant.
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- Cazlaw
- 16-10-19
Couldn’t put this book down - superb
Absolutely loved this book couldn’t put it down. Listened whilst cooking, driving, eating. Actually sat down in the afternoon just to listen to this. Haven’t done that for a long time. I so admire this woman. I cheered her on as she took on the establishments and demanded better. She is an incredible woman. I love people like this who put the greater good before personal interests. In doing so she has saved so many lives, now and in the future.
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- Derek H
- 28-11-19
Incredible
Courageous, funny, inspiring, infuriating... amazing book, amazing woman, the world needs more Vicky Phelans
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- Gpopirl
- 19-03-20
touches a nerve
this book is outstanding. it changed Ireland, and the health service. so much of it is familiar, and in recent memory. I'm glad to have heard it from this viewpoint. amazing. xx
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-05-22
Incredible Woman and listen
I could not stop listening once I started and finished it in less than a day. Every emotion is felt and Vicky Phelan is an hero of Ireland, a hero to Irish woman at home and abroad and woman everywhere.
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