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<p>'In the spring of 1995, the condition I seem to have been waiting for all my life finally struck me.' So begins Jane Lazarreâs account of her transforming battle with breast cancer. Following in the tradition of her critically acclaimed literary memoirs <i>The Mother Knot</i> and <i>Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness: Memoir of a White Mother of Black Sons,</i> Lazarre brilliantly interweaves her experience of life-threatening illness with other stories of recent and past losses-most notably, that of her mother to breast cancer when Jane was a small child. From these memories and experiences, Lazarre crafts a story that is at once intensely intimate and universally healing.</p><p>As she contends with the pain and many indignities of her treatment for cancer, Lazarre realizes that successful medical treatment will only be part of her healing process. Her own illness becomes the vehicle for coming to terms with key moments of loss and grief-the death of a beloved therapist from breast cancer, her brother-in-lawâs death from AIDS, a traumatic disappointment in her work life, and the unresolved pain of being a motherless child. The gift of Lazarreâs writing is her ability to tr

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Author

Lazarre, Jane.

Publisher

Duke University Press, 1998.

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780822322061

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, Medical, Fiction

Rating

2.75 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14