Miriam Engelberg
OK – so you are past the diagnosis. You get treatment. You have read plenty of self-help books which detail how you can live a more balanced life, eat the right vegetables and fruits, reduce stress, take the vitamins and think positive thoughts. Now is the time for this book. You need to laugh. As we all know, we laugh to survive.
Miriam is a breast cancer survivor who created this graphic memoir which looks at every element of the cancer experience in cartoons. This isn’t another Wonder Woman Comic. Our heroine struggles with luck, nausea, compassion, anger, family, TV and sex – it is all here. She has a sardonic take on these items, sometime sarcastic, but always clear-eyed. Just reading this book made me feel like a better person because I had these thoughts, but never told anyone. Share this book with other like-minded survivors and it will prompt conversations you might never have had. Most of all, though, just laugh.
