Memoir of a Debulked Woman: Enduring Ovarian Cancer - Hardcover

Susan Gubar

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393073254 ISBN 13: 9780393073256

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 2012

Synopsis

Diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2008, Susan Gubar underwent radical debulking surgery, an attempt to excise the cancer by removing part or all of many organs in the lower abdomen. Her memoir mines the deepest levels of anguish and devotion as she struggles to come to terms with her body's betrayal and the dreadful protocols of contemporary medicine.

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Review:

An extraordinary testament to the human spirit at least, to Susan Gubar's indomitable spirit a rare mixture of honesty, eloquence, humor, and passionate curiosity about the truth... The voice is so utterly intimate, the reader will find herself, or himself, drawn into sharing the author's deepest thoughts, fears, and wishes. The memoir is a treasure-chest of wonderful, uncommon cultural allusions and lines of poetry; the reader feels honored to be in the presence of a first-rate, restless mind, being taken to a place of devastating clarity. There is pathos here, but not self-pity; amid the tragic and sorrowful, sudden flashes of wit. --Joyce Carol Oates "This is her [Susan Gubar's] attempt to share and make sense of her experience, delivered in a voice that is intelligent, feminist and devastatingly honest." International Herald Tribune

About the Author:

Susan Gubar was awarded, with Sandra M. Gilbert, the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Book Critics Circle. She is the author of Memoir of a Debulked Woman and has authored and edited numerous works of criticism. She writes the monthly online New York Times column "Living with Cancer" and lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0393073254
• ISBN 13: 9780393073256
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296