Walela Nehanda: Bless the Blood
Bless the Blood
Buch
- A Cancer Memoir
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EUR 14,46*
- Penguin Young Readers Group, 01/2025
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780593529508
- Bestellnummer: 11901939
- Umfang: 400 Seiten
- Gewicht: 367 g
- Erscheinungstermin: 28.1.2025
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
A searing debut YA poetry and essay collection about a Black cancer patient who faces medical racism after being diagnosed with leukemia in their early twenties, for fans of Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals and Laurie Halse Anderson's Shout.When Walela is diagnosed at twenty-three with advanced stage blood cancer, they're suddenly thrust into the unsympathetic world of tubes and pills, doctors who don’t use their correct pronouns, and hordes of "well-meaning" but patronizing people offering unsolicited advice as Walela navigates rocky personal relationships and shares their story online.
But this experience also deepens their relationship to their ancestors, providing added support from another realm. Walela's diagnosis becomes a catalyst for their self-realization. As they fill out forms in the insurance office in downtown Los Angeles or travel to therapy in wealthier neighborhoods, they begin to understand that cancer is where all forms of their oppressed identities intersect.
In Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir, the author details a galvanizing account of their survival despite the U. S. medical system, and of the struggle to face death unafraid.
Walela Nehanda
Bless the Blood
EUR 14,46*