Geralyn Lucas

Geralyn B. Lucas (* 1963 ) is an American journalist and author. Lucas developed breast cancer at the age of 27 . Your experience report Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy was translated into several languages ​​and filmed.

Life

Geralyn Lucas studied journalism and worked as a journalist and television producer for the American Broadcasting Company in New York. Lucas described her breast cancer and the mastectomy that followed in her book Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy ( Why I wore lipstick to my mastectomy ). The book has since been translated into several languages ​​and filmed in 2006 with Sarah Chalke in the lead role. The film was nominated for best TV film at the 2007 Emmy Awards .

Geralyn Lucas is married and has two children.

Publications

• Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy (German: And still I put a smile on my face , Ehrenwirth-Verlag, 2005; ISBN 3-431-03640-6 )

Web links

• whyiworelipstick.com
• Interview with Lucas on the Breast Cancer Research Foundation homepage
• Literature by and about Geralyn Lucas in the catalog of the German National Library
• Geralyn Lucas in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Geralyn Lucas  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at radaris.com , accessed November 18, 2012.