Not Now, I'm Having a No Hair Day: Humor and Healing for People with Cancer

by Christine Clifford

Book Overview

Straightforward and honest, Not Now, I'm Having a No Hair Day paints a realistic picture of what it was like for Christine Clifford to discover breast cancer, undergo surgery, and endure months of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570251207
• ISBN13: 9781570251207
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

humorous cancer book

Great book. Sometimes you just need to laugh when you're going through treatment and feel terrible!!

Something Only Women Can Relate To

My wife has brain cancer and asked that I find a couple of books for her written by survivors of any type of cancer. Though I purchased several for her, this one seemed to be able to make her laugh - truly laugh - for the first time in 6 months.

So much fun

I married the author, not least of all because I told her just after I proposed that "I love your view of life." She's taken death head on and turned it into life; she's found joy in sorrow and opportunity in adversity. If all you pick up from reading this book is that, it's a five--how can it not be? Here's to someone who did more than survive; she saw how rich and meaningful life is, and how much there is that we can laugh at every day.

No Hair in Omaha

I'm so glad I ordered this book. It absolutely reflects so many of my own experiences with cancer treatment.

Very funny, yet frank depiction of hair loss

Ms. Clifford captures the humor of the highly emotional experience of being treated for cancer. She focuses mostly on hair loss (hence the title), but also on radiation and chemo. Laughter is great medicine, so I suggest you add this book to the treatment regimine of any woman going through cancer treatment.