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WHAT TO DO WHEN CANCER STRIKES? As a vibrant woman in her late thirties, a mother of two, poet, artist, and teacher, Micki Myers decided to confront her diagnosis head on with the sharpest tools in her arsenal: namely, her sense of humor and unbridled poetic license. andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;The result is a charming, poignant, laugh-out-loud collection that hits all the highs (morphine) and lows (everything else) of being a cancer patient and surviving with your spirit intact (even if your boobs are not). andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;I andgt;Itand#8217;s Probably Nothing . . .*andlt;/Iandgt; provides the perfect blend of wit and pathos to help you or a loved one achieve much-needed perspective on this frightening journey, whether recently diagnosed or reveling in remission. From losing your hair (even, ahem, andlt;I andgt;down thereandlt;/Iandgt;) and gaining two bouncy silicone strangers, to the pitfalls of marijuana therapy and the endless chemo-room muzak and#8220;that makes you think / surand#173;vival might be overrated,and#8221; Myers reminds you that youand#8217;re not alone and that itand#8217;s okay to laugh.
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and#8220;A book of breast cancer poems. Poems? WTF? andlt;iandgt;It's Probably Nothing . . . *andlt;/iandgt; will make you laugh in cancerand#8217;s face.and#8221;
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and#8220;With one in every eight women getting breast cancer, bookstores and libraries are full of serious cancer memoirs, making Myersand#8217; darkly comic entry about her diagnosis and recovery a much-needed addition to the list.and#8221;
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"A book of breast cancer poems. Poems? WTF? It's Probably Nothing . . . * will make you laugh in cancer's face." Marisa Acocella Marchetto, author of Cancer Vixen
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and#8220;Artist and writer Myers and#8216;decided early on to see the humor in [her] situation, to laugh in the face of fear.and#8217; Her poetic approach to her cancer journey will buoy those going through the same experience and grant them permission to face cancer in whatever way that works.and#8221;
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and#8220;Micki Myers is a lady after my own heart. To eradicate her breast cancer, she endured a bilateral mastectomy, underwent chemo therapy and managed to maintain her brilliant sense of humor. Her book, andlt;a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/168979507/It-s-Probably-Nothing-Or-How-I-Learned-to-Stop-Worrying-and-Love-My-Implants-by-Micki-Myers-Special-Preview" target="_blank"andgt;andlt;iandgt;Itand#8217;s Probably Nothing . . . Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Implantsandlt;/iandgt;andlt;/aandgt; is an extraordinary account of her experience, written entirely in verse. Youand#8217;ll find yourself both nodding and chuckling as you read her brief vignettes.and#8221;
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“Micki Myerss book about breast cancer tells it like it is, with stark honesty and humor. Its Probably Nothing is recommended to breast cancer sufferers.” Maduhlika Sikka, author of A Breast Cancer Alphabet
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and#8220;Myers walks a perilous line without a misstep into either of the chasms flanking it: flippancy on the one side or pathos on the other. Intelligent, funny and truthful.and#8221;
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and#8220;Iand#8217;m not sure how to describe why I love this book so much, but I never thought anyone else would suspect that I recklessly practiced my Formula 1 skills on the way to and from radiation treatments. Every page I turned, every poem I read, made me think and#8216;Hell, yes! I wish I wrote that!and#8217; Micki Myers make a direct hit with every observation, and I love her voice. A fantastic book.and#8221;
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and#8220;Micki Myersand#8217;s book about breast cancer tells it like it is, with stark honesty and humor. andlt;iandgt;Itand#8217;s Probably Nothingandlt;/iandgt; is recommended to breast cancer sufferers.and#8221;
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"Plain-spoken, mordantly funny free-verse observations about things they don't tell you about 'in the helpful cancer books,' as Myers writes."
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"A harrowing yet engaging new collection of poems about breast cancer."
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and#8220;It's a small book, and a quick read, although not always an easy one. But it's worth the trouble. And while it made me sad, it also made me smile. I appreciated the poetand#8217;s heroic refusal to sugar coat the experience or tie a pretty pink bow around her pain and loss.and#8221;
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Daring, sly, and unlike any other book you ve read, this memoir-in-poems tackles cancer with a bawdy wit guaranteed to make you laugh your wig off.
WHAT TO DO WHEN CANCER STRIKES? As a vibrant woman in her late thirties, a mother of two, poet, artist, and teacher, Micki Myers decided to confront her diagnosis head on with the sharpest tools in her arsenal: namely, her sense of humor and unbridled poetic license.
The result is a charming, poignant, laugh-out-loud collection that hits all the highs (morphine) and lows (everything else) of being a cancer patient and surviving with your spirit intact (even if your boobs are not).
It s Probably Nothing . . .* provides the perfect blend of wit and pathos to help you or a loved one achieve much-needed perspective on this frightening journey, whether recently diagnosed or reveling in remission. From losing your hair (even, ahem, down there) and gaining two bouncy silicone strangers, to the pitfalls of marijuana therapy and the endless chemo-room muzak that makes you think / survival might be overrated, Myers reminds you that you re not alone and that it s okay to laugh."
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About the Author
andlt;Bandgt;Micki Myers andlt;/Bandgt;is an artist and writerandnbsp;living inandnbsp;Pittsburgh, where she teaches English and raises her children. She writes the food blog andlt;iandgt;Yuckyliciousandlt;/iandgt;, is a regular contributor to the andlt;iandgt;Pittsburgh Post-Gazetteandlt;/iandgt;, and her first book, andlt;iandgt;Trigger Fingerandlt;/iandgt;, won the Pearl Poetry Prize.