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Crossing the phantom pass : a cancer journey / Julia Kwong ; foreword by Arthur Kleinman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kwong, Julia, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kwong, Julia--Health.
- Kwong, Julia.
- Kwong, Julia--Family.
- Breast--Cancer--Patients.
- Breast.
- Breast--Cancer--Treatment.
- Cancer--Patients--Family relationships.
- Cancer.
- Fathers and daughters.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Place of Publication:
- University of Toronto Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Crossing the Phantom Pass is the story of a father and a daughter battling cancer. In this poignant story and riveting personal narrative, Julia Kwong, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Sociology, explores her own experience of receiving a breast cancer diagnosis as her father is in the last stage of metastasized prostate cancer. In Crossing the Phantom Pass, she reflects on the medical process and her own emotional rollercoaster in encountering this daunting illness in a dual sense. With academic rigor and accessible prose, Kwong documents the ordinary fears, worries, and urgencies of cancer treatment. She takes readers through the emotional turmoil of her experiences as she undergoes complex surgery and radiation treatment and the doubling of her treatment time. Kwong manages to complete her treatment and returns to Hong Kong just in time to see her father one last time. With thoughtful care, Crossing the Phantom Pass explores the uniqueness embedded in each cancer patient's experience as well as the commonalities. Centering knowledge as power and resilience, Kwong integrates practical information and unfiltered realities into the emotional narrative of the book. Questions of hope, death and grief intertwine with critiques and commentary on the healthcare system, offering an honest portrayal of one woman's journey--and a source of solace for others facing similar trials."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- You've got cancer
- A tough decision
- Getting past gatekeepers
- Outward calm
- Excision
- Fatigue
- Culinary advice, friendly support
- Bills to pay
- Radiation
- Shopping aerobics
- Weekend of anguish
- Lost
- Days of hell
- Grasping for help
- Safe at last
- Another lifeline
- Home again.
- ISBN:
- 1-4875-6593-3
- 1-4875-6592-5
- 9781487565923
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