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Flat: Reclaiming My Body from Breast Cancer

by Catherine Guthrie
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Flat: Reclaiming My Body from Breast Cancer
Flat: Reclaiming My Body from Breast Cancer

Resilience and redefining femininity through illness.

"Flat" isn't just a memoir. It's a rebellious and powerful narrative that will resonate if you're seeking authenticity in storytelling, especially about the body and identity amidst crisis. Catherine Guthrie's experience will likely speak to you on a very personal level, challenging societal norms about femininity, providing a deep introspection on health, and inspiring courage to advocate for one's desires in the face of adversity. It's for those looking for honesty, not just hope, in a story about fighting cancer.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Flat: Reclaiming My Body from Breast Cancer

by Catherine Guthrie
RM56.00 MYR
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ISBN: 9781510732919
Authors: Catherine Guthrie
Publisher: Skyhorse
Date of Publication: 2018-09-25
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Memoir, Biography, Biography Memoir, Autobiography
Goodreads rating: 4.44
(rated by 217 readers)

Description

A feminist breast cancer memoir of medical trauma, love, and how she found the strength to listen to her body. As a young, queer woman, Catherine Guthrie had worked hard to feel at home in her body. However, after years writing about women’s health and breast cancer, Guthrie is thrust into the role of the patient after a devastating diagnosis at age thirty-eight. She was wrong. In one horrifying moment after another, everything that could go wrong does—the surgeon gives her a double mastectomy but misses the cancerous lump, one of the most effective drug treatments fails, and a doctor's error may have unleashed millions of breast cancer cells into her body. Flat is Guthrie’s story of how two bouts of breast cancer shook her faith in her body, her relationship, and medicine. Along the way, she challenges the view that breasts are essential to femininity and paramount to a woman’s happiness. Ultimately, she traces an intimate portrayal of how cancer reshapes her relationship with Mary, her partner, revealing—in the midst of crisis—a love story. Filled with candor, vulnerability, and resilience, Guthrie upends the “pink ribbon” narrative and offers a unique perspective on womanhood, what it means to be “whole,” and the importance of women advocating for their desires. Flat is a story about how she found the strength to forge an unconventional path—one of listening to her body—that she’d
 

Resilience and redefining femininity through illness.

"Flat" isn't just a memoir. It's a rebellious and powerful narrative that will resonate if you're seeking authenticity in storytelling, especially about the body and identity amidst crisis. Catherine Guthrie's experience will likely speak to you on a very personal level, challenging societal norms about femininity, providing a deep introspection on health, and inspiring courage to advocate for one's desires in the face of adversity. It's for those looking for honesty, not just hope, in a story about fighting cancer.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.