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Now I Lay Me down to Fight : A Poet Writes Her Way Through Cancer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bowser Hutson, Katy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hutson, Katherine J., 1977---Health.
- Hutson, Katherine J.
- Breast--Cancer--Poetry.
- Breast.
- Breast--Cancer--Patients--Biography.
- Christian biography--United States.
- Christian biography.
- Genre:
- Autobiographical poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (92 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Westmont : InterVarsity Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- Cancer, did you know that I am a poet? In stirring verse and essays, Katy Bowser Hutson chronicles her battle with breast cancer and the complications of faith amid such a fight. Accentuated by the art of Jodi Hays, Katy's words lead us through her resistance to sickness, fight for survival, and wrestling toward beauty.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword by Tish Harrison Warren
- Preface: The Week Before Cancer
- 1 Beginning
- Fumble Fingered
- Preparation
- Meeting My Oncologist
- En Route to Canaan/Jericho
- 2 Chemotherapy
- Chemo Poem #1
- Cancer, Poet
- I Wish, I Miss, I Thank You
- Preposition
- Imbalance/Balancing
- Sleep as War
- Chemo Poem #2
- Round Two Chemo
- Uncertainty
- Sanguine
- Training
- Bless Your Heart
- Eraser
- Treatment Is a Gauntlet
- Washcloth
- Potty Mouth
- Metastasis
- Frustration
- HMS Ondansetron
- 3 Mastectomy
- Concerning the Removal of My Breasts
- Bus
- Mastectomy Eve
- After Mastectomy
- Running Across the Page
- A Benefit
- 4 Radiation
- Today Is Very Hard to Do
- Radiation
- 5 The Finish Line Moved
- You Love Me?
- 6 After
- 7 How Should I End This Book, When We All Have Different Endings?
- Up
- Acknowledgments
- Praise for Now I Lay Me Down to Fight
- About the Author
- More Titles from InterVarsity Press
- Copyright.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5140-0800-9
- OCLC:
- 1402033179
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