Matlow, Rachel
Dead mom walking : a memoir of miracle cures and other disasters / Rachel Matlow. - Toronto (ON) : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Canada, 2020. - 310 p. : cov. ill. in coul. ; 21 cm.
« A whip-smart and darkly funny memoir about an unconventional family, the limits of wellness fads, and the mother of all catastrophes.
Rachel Matlow’s eccentric mom, Elaine, never quite followed the script handed down to her. Her bold out-there-ness made it okay for Rachel to be their genderqueer self and live life on their own terms. But when Elaine decides to try to heal her cancer naturally, Rachel has to draw the line.
What ensues is a tug of war between logical and magical thinking, an odyssey through New Age remedies ranging from herbal tinctures and juice cleanses to a countryside ayahuasca trip, and a portrait of a mother and child who’ve never been physically closer or ideologically further apart.
In facing their inimitable mother’s death, Rachel has written a book bursting with life—the epic adventures and epic fails, the broken limbs and belly laughs. As hilarious as it is poignant, Dead Mom Walking is about writing the story of your life only to find out that life has other plans. » (Publisher's description)
9780735236301(pbk)
Children of cancer patients--Biography.
Cancer--Patients--Biography.
Cancer--Alternative treatment.
Mothers and daughters.
Cancer--Alternative treatment.
Cancer--Patients.
Children of cancer patients.
Families.
Health.
Mothers and daughters.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+.
B1 Intermediate Intermédiaire
RC265.6.M37 / A3 2020
Dead mom walking : a memoir of miracle cures and other disasters / Rachel Matlow. - Toronto (ON) : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Canada, 2020. - 310 p. : cov. ill. in coul. ; 21 cm.
« A whip-smart and darkly funny memoir about an unconventional family, the limits of wellness fads, and the mother of all catastrophes.
Rachel Matlow’s eccentric mom, Elaine, never quite followed the script handed down to her. Her bold out-there-ness made it okay for Rachel to be their genderqueer self and live life on their own terms. But when Elaine decides to try to heal her cancer naturally, Rachel has to draw the line.
What ensues is a tug of war between logical and magical thinking, an odyssey through New Age remedies ranging from herbal tinctures and juice cleanses to a countryside ayahuasca trip, and a portrait of a mother and child who’ve never been physically closer or ideologically further apart.
In facing their inimitable mother’s death, Rachel has written a book bursting with life—the epic adventures and epic fails, the broken limbs and belly laughs. As hilarious as it is poignant, Dead Mom Walking is about writing the story of your life only to find out that life has other plans. » (Publisher's description)
9780735236301(pbk)
Children of cancer patients--Biography.
Cancer--Patients--Biography.
Cancer--Alternative treatment.
Mothers and daughters.
Cancer--Alternative treatment.
Cancer--Patients.
Children of cancer patients.
Families.
Health.
Mothers and daughters.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+.
B1 Intermediate Intermédiaire
RC265.6.M37 / A3 2020