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Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person: A Memoir in Comics
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.196994490092
EAN: 9780060789732
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0060789735
Label: Harper Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: May 01, 2006
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Release Date: April 25, 2006
Studio: Harper Paperbacks
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Editorial Review: a cartoonist examines her experience with breast cancer in an irreverent and humorous graphic memoir.
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Rating:  - Not so Shallow for a Shallow Person
Miriam articulates well what many of us with cancer want to say or at least think.The comics had the end printed on the last frame which made it really nice to read just a few strips or several at a time. My favorites are: Every thing is my Enemy, Nausea, and the Cheerful Tech.This is a fun read for those enlightened cancer patients who don't take it all so seriously. If you have had, or have the big C, you have to chuckle over some of these comics. Great recommendation for family members too while ... Read More
Rating:  - Definitely not upbeat
In spite of its semi-witty title, and being written in cartoon style, this is not a funny book. The author is very honest, sometimes painfully so, about her reactions to being told she has cancer, how having it affects her relationships with the people in her life, her experience with her treatments, and her thoughts on having cancer in general
The way she copes is to permenently plant herself in front of the television and become obsessed with TV Guide crossword puzzles. Her utimate conclusion ... Read More
Rating:  - True, funny because it's.
I love this book and have read it over and over while going through an illness (not breast cancer). I like the episodic style, which eliminates the tedious exposition that annoys me in some memoirs and which makes every page worth re-reading. Despite the anecdotal structure, I felt by the end of the book that I had a very full picture of the narrator due to her honesty and her use of recurring themes throughout the book.
One idea that I appreciate is the book's discussion of cartooning as a "spiritual ... Read More
Rating:  - Meh.
Miriam Engleberg, Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person: A Memoir in Comics (Harper, 2006)
The late Miriam Engleberg released a book of cartoons (the subtitle is "a memoir in comics," though whether this is really a memoir is probably arguable; it's more a collection of sketches) not too long before her death that offer a frank, sometimes frustrating look at life with cancer. I read it about a week ago, and have been trying to come up with a review of it ever since. Time has not made it any easier for me to ... Read More
Rating: - Wonderful
The comic format seemed a little strange at first.......but it was a wonderful read.
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