02612     2200253   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036007000300056008004100059020001800100082001100118084001900129100002200148245004200170250000900212260004200221300002100263650002000284650001000304520100200314990002001316990002001336500100201356INLIS00000000000597620250807100454  a0010-0825000044ta250807                g          0 eng    a9781910411513  a823.92  aS 823.92 HAM b1 aHamill, CHristine1 aThe Best Medicine /cChristine Hamill  aEd.1  aIreland :bLittle Island Books,c2016  a169 hlm ;c20 cm 4aFiksi--Medicine 4aNovel  aPhilip's mum has breast cancer. Philip wants to be a stand-up comedian like his hero, Harry Hill. Now he has to find the funny side of an unfunny subject, to help his mum – and himself.

Philip is twelve years old and life is pretty good. He gets on with his mum and gets by pretty well at school – in spite of girl problems, teacher problems, bully problems and – er – poetry problems. Philip’s happy-go-lucky life is disrupted when his mother gets breast cancer. Bad enough that your mother is seriously ill – but could she not have developed a less embarrassing kind of cancer – toe cancer, maybe, or ear cancer? Philip’s attempts to cope with his situation are both hilarious and touching. 

Through it all, he’s writing letters to his hero, the comedian Harry Hill, looking for advice. 

A multi-award-winning and hilarious take on the unfunny subject of cancer; this book brings one of modern life’s most prevalent illnesses into the light and gives it a human face  aS/09824/1/09824  aS/09846/1/09846  aPhilip's mum has breast cancer. Philip wants to be a stand-up comedian like his hero, Harry Hill. Now he has to find the funny side of an unfunny subject, to help his mum – and himself.

Philip is twelve years old and life is pretty good. He gets on with his mum and gets by pretty well at school – in spite of girl problems, teacher problems, bully problems and – er – poetry problems. Philip’s happy-go-lucky life is disrupted when his mother gets breast cancer. Bad enough that your mother is seriously ill – but could she not have developed a less embarrassing kind of cancer – toe cancer, maybe, or ear cancer? Philip’s attempts to cope with his situation are both hilarious and touching. 

Through it all, he’s writing letters to his hero, the comedian Harry Hill, looking for advice. 

A multi-award-winning and hilarious take on the unfunny subject of cancer; this book brings one of modern life’s most prevalent illnesses into the light and gives it a human face