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  • Published: 4 February 1997
  • ISBN: 9780812992281
  • Imprint: Ballantine
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $29.99

Not Exactly What I Had in Mind

An Incurable Love Story





One week in 1989, Rosemary Breslin got a headache that wouldn't go away. After countless tests and treatments, doctors knew little about her strange disease except that it wasn't AIDS or cancer. Two years later, out of a job, in debt, and worried about insurance, Rosemary was invited out by friends--not knowing this would be the night she met her future husband. This is one woman's story about having a real life while facing the question of how long she might live. Serialized in Self magazine. 208 pp. National ads. Author tour. 40,000 print.

  • Published: 4 February 1997
  • ISBN: 9780812992281
  • Imprint: Ballantine
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $29.99
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