The Ticking Time Bomb: Sabrina's Story

What would you do if you were diagnosed with a disease that gave you a 90 per cent chance of developing cancer in your lifetime, in any part of your body, at any age, and often multiple times?

Sabrina Fuoco-Dunn had beaten cancer four different times before she turned thirty. Having cancer over and over again wasn't just bad luck: Sabrina was born with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, also known as the ticking time bomb disease, a genetic predisposition to developing almost all cancers.

Despite this, Sabrina was determined to live her life to the fullest. But at age thirty-one, newly engaged and graduated from law school, she was diagnosed with cancer number five: an aggressive osteosarcoma that would be deemed incurable just months later. Determined to leave her mark, Sabrina began writing her memoir with the help of science writer and journalist Katelyn Verstraten, who told her no matter what happened, she would share Sabrina's story with the world.

This cancer memoir tells the incredible story of a life spent fighting a cruel genetic destiny, and the journey of a writer determined to keep the promise of a lifetime.