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Abel Emily K. |
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After the Cure : The Untold Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors / / Emily K. Abel, Saskia K. Subramanian |
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New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2008] |
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©2008 |
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1 online resource (196 p.) |
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Antineoplastic agents - Side effects |
Breast - Cancer - Psychological aspects |
Breast - Cancer - Treatment - Complications |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. “Standing on New Ground” -- 2. “We Saved Your Life. Now Leave Us the Hell Alone” -- 3. Remedying, Managing, and Making Do -- 4. “Like Talking to a Wall” -- 5. Narrowed Lives -- 6. “Turning a Bad Experience into Something Good” -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- About the Authors |
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2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title2009 Association of American University Presses Award for Jacket Design Chemo brain. Fatigue. Chronic pain. Insomnia. Depression. These are just a few of the ongoing, debilitating symptoms that plague some breast-cancer survivors long after their treatments have officially ended. While there are hundreds of books about breast cancer, ranging from practical medical advice to inspirational stories of survivors, what has been missing until now is testimony from the thousands of women who continue to struggle with persistent health problems.After the Cure is a compelling read filled with fascinating portraits of more than seventy women who are living with the aftermath of breast cancer. Emily K. Abel is one of these women. She and her colleague, Saskia K. Subramanian, whose mother died of cancer, interviewed more than seventy breast |
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cancer survivors who have suffered from post-treatment symptoms. Having heard repeatedly that “the problems are all in your head,” many don't know where to turn for help. The doctors who now refuse to validate their symptoms are often the very ones they depended on to provide life-saving treatments. Sometimes family members who provided essential support through months of chemotherapy and radiation don't believe them. Their work lives, already disrupted by both cancer and its treatment, are further undermined by the lingering symptoms. And every symptom serves as a constant reminder of the trauma of diagnosis, the ordeal of treatment, and the specter of recurrence.Most narratives about surviving breast cancer end with the conclusion of chemotherapy and radiation, painting stereotypical portraits of triumphantly healthy survivors, women who not only survive but emerge better and stronger than before. Here, at last, survivors step out of the shadows and speak compellingly about their “real” stories, giving voice to the complicated, often painful realities of life after the cure.This book received funding from the Susan G. Komen Foundation. |
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UNINA9910462027603321 |
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Straparola Giovanni Francesco <1480-1557, > |
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The pleasant nights . Volume 1 / / Giovan Francesco Straparola ; edited with introduction and commentaries by Donald Beecher ; translated by W.G. Waters, thoroughly revised and corrected by the editor |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2012 |
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©2012 |
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1 online resource (773 p.) |
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Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library |
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LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian |
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"Translation of: Le piacevoli notti." |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Pleasant Nights, Volume I -- The First Night -- The Second Night -- The Third Night -- The Fourth Night -- The Fifth Night |
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Renowned today for his contribution to the rise of the modern European fairy tale, Giovan Francesco Straparola (c. 1480-c. 1557) is particularly known for his dazzling anthology The Pleasant Nights. Originally published in Venice in 1550 and 1553, this collection features seventy-three folk stories, fables, jests, and pseudo-histories, including nine tales we might now designate for 'mature readers' and seventeen proto-fairy tales. Nearly all of these stories, including classics such as 'Puss in Boots,' made their first ever appearance in this collection; together, the tales comprise one of the most varied and engaging Renaissance miscellanies ever produced. Its appeal sustained it through twenty-six editions in the first sixty years. This full critical edition of The Pleasant Nights presents these stories in English for the first time in over a century. The text takes its inspiration from the celebrated Waters translation, which is entirely revised here to render it both more faithful to the original and more sparkishly idiomatic than ever before. The stories are accompanied by a rich sampling of illustrations, including originals from nineteenth-century English and French versions of the text. As a comprehensive critical and historical edition, these volumes contain far more information on the stories than can be found in any existing studies, literary histories, or Italian editions of the work. Donald Beecher provides a lengthy introduction discussing Straparola as an author, the nature of fairy tales and their passage through oral culture, and how this phenomenon provides a new reservoir of stories for literary adaptation. Moreover, the stories all feature extensive commentaries analysing not only their themes but also their fascinating provenances, drawing on thousands of analogue tales going back to ancient Sanskrit, Persian, and Arabic stories. Immensely entertaining and readable, The Pleasant Nights will appeal to anyone interested in fairy tales, ancient stories, and folk creations. Such readers will also enjoy Beecher's academically solid and erudite commentaries, which unfold in a manner as light and amusing as the stories themselves. |
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