The Day My Nipple Fell Off and Other Stories of Survival, Solidarity, and Sass: A BAYS Anthology - Softcover

Hyman, Erin; Helmke, Carolyn; Morgan, Julie; Kaplan, Emily; Campbell, Meaghan Calcari; Pomeranz, Laurie Hessen; Kim, Ann; Vassigh, Dorinda; Agha, Nola; Mork, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1484934024 ISBN 13: 9781484934029

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

What breast cancer takes away and what other young women who’ve been there can give you—that’s what the stories here are about: keeping your humor and sass through some pretty grim moments. This book is a source to reach for when you need that voice of someone who shares your scars and your scares. It broaches topics that are not the usual fare of cancer self-help literature: What is it like to tell someone you’re dating that cancer has put you in menopause? To explain to your inquiring preschooler why you no longer need a bra? To attend a high-school reunion post-chemo and acknowledge your changed appearance? These subjects and others show how breast cancer changes our bodies and our sense of ourselves in the world, but also how it makes us acutely aware of what we love, what we cling to, how we want to spend our precious moments on this earth.

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About the Author

Bay Area Young Survivors (BAYS) is a support and action group for young women in the San Francisco Bay Area who are living with breast cancer. Through monthly support-group meetings, an online network, and community-building events, BAYS members share information, experiences, and resources. Our goal is to break the isolation of living with breast cancer by providing a community built upon compassion, understanding, hope, and inspiration. For more, visit www.baysnet.org.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1484934024
• ISBN 13: 9781484934029
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 126