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by: Miriam Engelberg  
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Binding: PaperbackDewey 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 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: a cartoonist examines her experience with breast cancer in an irreverent and humorous graphic memoir. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Comic GeniusThis book present facts, emotions and all other kinds of stuff in a way that makes you laugh at the whole perversity of the universe. Worth a read, definitely worth owning -- especially for the newly diagnosed. Rating: - She got it rightAs a recovered (so far) cancer patient, I found myself laughing out loud at Miriam's amazingly right-on takes about the emotional roller coaster ride of cancer. It's hard to be told how "brave" and "noble" one is when all we are doing is trying to survive. I immediately went online to check anything else by Miriam Engelberg, and was saddened to learn of her death two years ago. I felt I'd lost a close friend. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who is going through treatment. It ... Read More Rating:  - Not so Shallow for a Shallow PersonMiriam 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 upbeatIn 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 
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