MINUTES
About Minutes
Back to latest

Health'Be kind to yourself': US expat Robin Allison Davis on surviving cancer in Paris

Robin Allison Davis, an American who moved to Paris and was diagnosed with breast cancer twice soon afterward, tells FRANCE 24 how she coped with the trauma. The paperback edition of her memoir, “Surviving Paris: A Memoir of Healing in the City of Light,” has been released. Davis says writing and crying helped her through it, along with treating herself kindly.

breast cancercancer recoverymemoirParis

FFrance 24★☆☆☆☆2026-09-08 13:21Original

'Be kind to yourself': US expat Robin Allison Davis on surviving cancer in Paris
'Be kind to yourself': US expat Robin Allison Davis on surviving cancer in ParisHealth