The Girl With Nine Wigs: A Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (856 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250052238 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A brave woman, an ordinary memoir Sophie was barely out of her teens when she started feeling off - run down, achy, with night sweats. One doctor after another couldn't figure out what was wrong, but everyone was stunned when she was finally diagnosed: a rare cancer that had spread extensively throughout her body. The survival statistics were grim and suddenly Sophie was looking at more than a year of chemo, . Facing down cancer with full heads of glorious hair Sophie van der Stap has written a luminous account of her battle at a very young age with a rare form of cancer. A 21-year-old college student when she is diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a particularly virulent form of cancer, Sophie is plunged into the terrifying world of the gravely ill. The hospital, not the college campus, becomes her world. "For a week I lay there in my. Courageous cancer-survival memoir Paul Allaer "The Girl With Nine Wigs" (original title "Meisje met negen pruiken" published in 2006 in the Netherlands) is the debut memoir from Sophie van der Stap, who finds out, at age 21, that she has cancer, and not just any cancer, but a rare cancer form (the technical term being 'rhabdomyosarcoma', which is a rare malignant tumor involving striated muscle tissue). The memoir detail
A striking, fun-loving student, her world is reduced overnight to the sterile confines of a hospital. For the next two months, I'm expected each week for a fresh shot of vincristine, etoposide, ifosfamide and loads more exciting abracadabra.'Sophie is twenty-one when she is diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of cancer. And no, I wasn't getting ready for a new semester at college. No, I didn't go to the market this morning and I didn't have my usual coffee on Westerstraat. Next Monday, January 31st, I have to admit
Readers will swiftly be drawn into this beautifully written story of a brave and quite fascinating young woman.” Publishers Weekly“An extraordinary book from an extraordinary girl.” Marie Claire (Germany)“Sophie's diary will give you goosebumps.” Elle Girl (Germany)“The grandeur of this book does not rest only in the description of pain that Sophie suffered but also the courage with which she suffered it. What Sophie van der Stap has written is truly a masterpiece; she has managed to
SOPHIE VAN DER STAP was 21 years old when she was diagnosed with cancer. She lives in Paris, France. . The experience changed her life, and Sophie has worked as a writer ever since. The Girl with Nine Wigs is the memoir of a girl struggling to survive but even more to live, through her nine invented characters. She has published her first novel, And