A UCLA-trained drama student turned corporate lawyer recounts her erratic, ultimately transcendent tale of being floored by breast cancer—only to reconnect to what really mattered to her. Roppé, a California native, was certain as a kid that Hollywood was in her future, even roping a brief but important speaking part as Girl One in Oliver Stone’s film The Doors—except that law school intervened, then a stressful career as a civil litigator, marriage and motherhood to two girls. By her mid-30s, Roppé had decided to join a rock band and start singing again, which segued into recording her own songs and making a full-length album with a vanity producer. Yet just as her single “Mama Needs a Girls’ Night Out” began to get some radio time, and she had signed a contract with a London-based record label, Roppé was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer called triple negative breast cancer, requiring an extensive round of chemotherapy and radiation. Looping back and forth in time, Roppé’s narrative can sometimes be flighty, but she makes up for it with enormous energy, humor, and unsinkable optimism. (Mar.)
In 2008, just as Laura Roppé was poised to burst onto the music scene, her doctor called her with news that left her spinning-she had been diagnosed with an extremely aggressive form of breast cancer. Just days earlier, she had signed a dream-come-true contract with a record label; now, she wasn't even sure how much longer she had to live. Never one to back down to a challenge, however, Roppé gathered her courage, took stock of her priorities, and made a decision: Cancer may take my hair, she told herself, but that's all it's getting.
More than a cancer journey, Rocking the Pink is a quirky, charming, and poignant ode to love, friendship, and music. Roppé is unflinchingly honest and unfailingly funny as she tells the story of her odyssey: from childhood dreamer and giddy valet parker to the Hollywood stars to disillusioned lawyer, wife, and mother; from budding songwriter and late-blooming recording artist to determined cancer survivor. Full of raw emotion and humor that will make you laugh through your tears, Rocking the Pink is a chronicle of discovering one's true self through life's difficult circumstances-and a testament to the hang-in-tough, take-no-prisoners attitude it takes to kick cancer's butt.
In 2008, just as Laura Roppé was poised to burst onto the music scene, her doctor called her with news that left her spinning-she had been diagnosed with an extremely aggressive form of breast cancer. Just days earlier, she had signed a dream-come-true contract with a record label; now, she wasn't even sure how much longer she had to live. Never one to back down to a challenge, however, Roppé gathered her courage, took stock of her priorities, and made a decision: Cancer may take my hair, she told herself, but that's all it's getting.
More than a cancer journey, Rocking the Pink is a quirky, charming, and poignant ode to love, friendship, and music. Roppé is unflinchingly honest and unfailingly funny as she tells the story of her odyssey: from childhood dreamer and giddy valet parker to the Hollywood stars to disillusioned lawyer, wife, and mother; from budding songwriter and late-blooming recording artist to determined cancer survivor. Full of raw emotion and humor that will make you laugh through your tears, Rocking the Pink is a chronicle of discovering one's true self through life's difficult circumstances-and a testament to the hang-in-tough, take-no-prisoners attitude it takes to kick cancer's butt.
Rocking the Pink: Finding Myself on the Other Side of Cancer
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| BN ID: | 2940172667633 |
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| Publisher: | Brilliance Audio |
| Publication date: | 11/15/2019 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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