{"product_id":"the-summer-of-her-baldness-catherine-lord-9780292702578","title":"The Summer of Her Baldness: A Cancer Improvisation","description":"\u003cp\u003e \"No eyebrows. No eyelashes. When it rains the water will run straight down into my eyes,\" Catherine Lord wrote before her hair fell out during chemotherapy. Propelled into an involuntary performance piece occasioned by the diagnosis of breast cancer, Lord adopted the online persona of Her Baldness--an irascible, witty, polemical presence who speaks candidly about shame and fear to her listserv audience. While Lord suffers from unwanted isolation and loss of control as her treatment progresses, Her Baldness talks back to the society that stigmatizes bald women, not to mention middle-aged lesbians with a life-threatening disease. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this irreverent and moving memoir, Lord draws on the e-mail correspondence of Her Baldness to offer an unconventional look at life with breast cancer and the societal space occupied by the seriously ill. She photographs herself and the rooms in which she negotiates her disease. She details the clash of personalities in support groups, her ambivalence about Western medicine, her struggles to maintain her relationship with her partner, and her bemusement when she is mistaken for a \"sir.\" She uses these experiences--common to the one-in-eight women who will be diagnosed at some point with breast cancer--to illuminate larger issues of gender signifiers, sexuality, and the construction of community. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Lord\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292702574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292702578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.04h x 7.08w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 37 - Strongly Recommended\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2004 pg. 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLambda Book Report\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 35","brand":"Catherine Lord","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990122168575,"sku":"9780292702578","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_65f064b3-07d2-4573-bf4b-35b50ad416e6.jpg?v=1683303121","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-summer-of-her-baldness-catherine-lord-9780292702578","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}