Being told you have cancer is a life-changing event. Rosie Garland, writer and performer, didn't need any tissues when she was told, but later used poetry to come to terms with the disease, treatment and slow recovery. Her account is not at all melodramatic or tearful, but paints vivid pictures, so you can see the waiting room or the ward and feel that you're joining her on this journey. Rosie is a true performer and this shines through in the poems, which have a dynamic and rhythmic beat, especially when things get tough. Most importantly, she shows how any disease - and cancer especially - attacks your humanity and more specifically your femininity. Yet the way she puts this into words is strangely enough also uplifting. You can read each poem on its own, but together they tell the story of a journey.
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Being told you have cancer is a life-changing event. Rosie Garland, writer and performer, didn't need any tissues when she was told, but later used poetry to come to terms with the disease, treatment and slow recovery.
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FORTUNE TELLER HOROSCOPE AFTER LEAVING THE CONSULTANT'S OFFICE CAMOUFLAGE LAYING FIRE WHY YOU DID NOT PICK UP THE PHONE AFTER TUESDAY NO-ONE IS CRYING IN THE WAITING ROOM SAFE GROUND MY CLOTHES ARE PUTTING ON WEIGHT SHOWER SO LONG RUBBING BRASS MORNING 22 NEW LANDS POSTCARD TO MYSELF FROM THE CHEMO WARD DOWN, BOY MORATORIUM WEEK 7, DAY 4, CISPLATIN KALEIDOSCOPE GOOD BEHAVIOUR NOT THIS BODY WHAT I COME BACK TO INCUBUS NOSTALGIE DE LA BOEUF INQUISITION PIG SPIT STILL LIFE WITH CANCER A DONOR'S CARD RUSH THE YEAR OF SITTING DOWN I HAVE THIS DANCE AWAKE DIGNITY
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781907320224
Publisert
2012-07-03
Utgiver
Vendor
Holland Park Press
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Dybde
43 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
51
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