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Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
201 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From before her mother's first oncology appointment through the stages of her cancer to the funeral, sitting shiva, and afterward, when she must try to make sense of her life as a motherless daughter, Tyler Feder tells her story in this graphic novel that is full of piercing--but also often funny--details. She shares the important post-death firsts, such as celebrating holidays without her mom, the utter despair of cleaning out her mom's closet, ending...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
164 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Capturing the fleeting, yet universal, impressions of what it means to be a daughter, [this book] is the life-affirming memoir of a woman making and remaking her life in her mother's image. Writing in prose that hums with humor and grace, brilliant debut author Sarah McColl seeks the answer to a question that has haunted her for years: Can you explain what people mean when they say, You are just like your mother? Through a series of vivid scenes...
7) Raw edges
Author
Series
Publisher
Abingdon Fiction
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
251 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
xv, 203 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The diary of a cancer journey written by the daughter of a woman who suffered from pancreatic cancer, but lived life fully, surrounded by her family and friends, and died with courage, dignity, and pride.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The author shares how, in the years following her beloved father's death, she denied her suffering and lived with the constant fear of loss that left her terrified of love and intimacy until she set out on a journey to confront the grief she'd been avoiding for so long.
"Laurel Braitman spent her childhood learning how to outfish grown men, keep bees, and fix carburetors from her larger-than-life dad. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, he went to spectacular...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
267 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the pages of her notebook, soon after her father is diagnosed with cancer, Jade invents an imaginary best friend she can depend on--Zoe; but when Zoe somehow magically shows up in real life, Jade wonders how genuine their friendship can possibly be if Jade's controlling Zoe through what she writes in her notebook" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
The Experiment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
By the time she was thirty, Gila Pfeffer was the oldest living member of her family, having lost her mother to breast cancer and her father to colon cancer. A simple blood test confirmed she carried the BRCA1 gene--which put her at high risk of developing cancer herself. Determined to break the cycle of early death in her family, Gila decides to undergo an elective double mastectomy. This memoir follows her journey as she becomes a reluctant expert...
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