Dame Deborah James was forced to defend a joke she made about Meghan Markle before the Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend celebrations.
Deborah James 'gutted' she won't be alive when second book comes out but 'blown away' by response
18.05.2022 - 16:53 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Dame Deborah James has said she is ‘utterly blown away’ by the response to her second book. She previously said that she was ‘gutted’ she will not live to see her second book published in a touching Instagram post yesterday (May 17).
The 40-year-old, known online as Bowel Babe, has raised over £6 million through her final fundraiser to raise awareness of bowel cancer in younger people. Originally, the Bowel Babe Fund was aiming to raise £250,000, with fans ensuring it surpassed expectations.
She revealed on Tuesday evening that she has written a second book, called How To Live When You Could Be Dead. In the caption, the You, Me and the Big C podcaster expressed her deepest regret that she is unlikely to be alive by the time the book is published, despite the fact the release date has been brought forward.
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It comes after inspirational Deborah revealed last week she had moved to hospice care with her family after battling stage four bowel cancer since 2016.
She captioned the post: "I wrote another book!! So I've got a few things to share with you before I die that I'm gutted I won't see in real life! But I've now been granted permission to share them and I'm really excited!
"For the last two years, I've been working on my second book How to Live when you could be Dead - oh the irony of the title! I wanted to share all my (hard-won!!) learning on how to have a positive mindset when we are faced with life's biggest challenges.
"Whilst it is in its final edits, as anyone in publishing will know, suddenly changing book publication dates (regardless of health!) isn't an easy feat. It was originally due out Jan
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