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    Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir
    Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir
    Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir
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    Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir

    By Kimiko Tobimatsu and Keet Geniza

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    At the age of twenty-five, Kimiko Tobimatsu was a young, queer, mixed-race woman with no history of health problems whose world was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. In an instant, she became immersed in a new and complicated life of endless appointments, evaluations, and treatments, and difficult conversations with her partner and parents. Kimiko knew that this wasn’t what being twenty-five was supposed to be like … but then, she didn’t have a choice.

    With tender illustrations by Keet Geniza, Kimiko Does Cancer is a graphic memoir that upends the traditional “cancer narrative” from a young woman’s perspective, confronting issues such as dating while in menopause, navigating work and treatment, and talking to well-meaning friends, health care professionals, and other cancer survivors with viewpoints different from her own. Not one for pink ribbons or runs for the cure, Kimiko seeks connection within the cancer community while also critiquing the mainstream cancer experience.

    Honest and poignant, Kimiko Does Cancer is about finding one’s own way out of a health crisis.

    This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A book with many images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArsenal Pulp Press
    Release dateOct 27, 2020
    ISBN9781551528205
    Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir

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