The Cancer Journals: Special Edition
by Audre Lorde
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Author: Audre LordeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-01
ISBN: 1879960737
Number of pages: 104
Publisher: Aunt Lute Books
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Book Review: A must read for all especially in health care
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a student nurse and bought this book for a class I'm taking. It was an amazing read! I may not have agreed with all of her points considering the medical advances that have been made and changes that have occured since the original was published, maybe in part due to Audre. It's a very candid take on living with cancer through the eyes of the cancer "warrior." It is a definate must read for anyone in the medical profession since she brings up several events that stood out concerning her nurses and doctors. She was a black, lesbian, feminist, poet, warrior and she really brought a lot of thought provoking topics into my life.
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?Grief, terror, courage, the passion for survival and for more than survival, are here in the searchings of a great poet.??Adrienne Rich
?This book teaches me that with one breast or none, I am still me.??Alice Walker
?The forthrightness and ferocity with which Audre Lorde greeted every social injustice is in full force in this courageous exploration.??Amazon.com
Moving between journal entry, memoir, and exposition, Audre Lorde fuses the personal and political as she reflects on her experience coping with breast cancer and a radical mastectomy. Includes photos and tributes to Lorde written after her death in 1992.
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