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. Philips 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? Philips attempts to cope
with his situation are both hilarious and touching. Through it all, hes
writing letters to his hero, the comedian Harry Hill, looking for advice. A
hilarious take on the unfunny subject of cancer; this book brings one of modern
lifes most prevalent illnesses into the light and gives it a human face