Memoir of a Debulked Woman: Enduring Ovarian Cancer
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (943 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393345890 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Susan Gubar received the Natalie Davis Spingarn Writers Award from the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship and, with Sandra M. . Gilbert, was awarded the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Book Critics Circle. She is the Distinguished Emeritus Professor of English at Indiana University and lives in Bloomington
was a challenging read because of the dramatic and painful treatment of Gubar's cancer While this was a challenging read because of the dramatic and painful treatment of Gubar's cancer, I stuck it out to understand her resiliency. Five Stars excellent
"Brave, honest intimate, unsentimental, and darkly funny. Even so, there is a certain beauty that only someone of Gubar s prodigious abilities can impart to such a painful experience. Her tone is intimate, unsentimental, and darkly funny. An exquisitely written look at the decisions and compromises people make for a little more time on earth. --Joyce Carol OatesDelivered in a voice that is intelligent, feminist and devastatingly honest Unlike many accounts of life with cancer, it is neither relentlessly upbeat nor melodramatic. --Cynthia CrossenIn this brave, honest book, Gubar grapples with the reality and symbolism of cancer. "Despite her suffering, Gubar infuses her book with profound gratitude for family, friends, and colleagues. "Gubar s passionate and brave polemic is critical reading for anyone concerned with the state of women s health care in America. "A clear-eyed and exquisitely written look at the decisions and compromises people make for a
2 illustrations. Her memoir mines the deepest levels of anguish and devotion as she struggles to come to terms with her body’s betrayal and the frightful protocols of contemporary medicine. Memoir of a Debulked Woman is both a polemic against the ineffectual and injurious medical responses to which thousands of women are subjected and a meditation on the gifts of companionship, art, and literature that sustain people in need. A 2012 New York Times Book Review Notable Book "Staggerin