On March 2, 2018, Niyati Tamaskar heard the words that would forever change the course of her life: “All three sites have tested positive for cancer.” She was a thirty-four-year-old breastfeeding mother with a doting husband, fulfilling engineering job, and two children under four. How could this be happening to me? She wondered, shell shocked. Further complicating things, Niyati grew up in India, where many people consider cancer a taboo topic. With Unafraid, she has decided to do the unthinkable: talk about the c-word. The result is a transparent, no-holds-barred account of her diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. Equal parts raw, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud absurd, Unafraid offers a gripping chronicle of one woman’s fight to assert her humanity and strength come hell or high water.

Niyati’s story is one of courage, vulnerability, and having the gumption to laugh in the face of cancer.

All book proceeds go to the American Cancer Society.