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Wait Time
Kenneth Sherman
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Description for Wait Time
Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MBD; VFD; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 175.
When poet and essayist Kenneth Sherman was diagnosed with cancer, he began keeping a notebook of observations that blossomed into this powerful memoir. With incisive and evocative language, Sherman presents a clear-eyed view of what the cancer patient feels and thinks. His narrative voice is personal but not confessional, practical but not cold, thoughtful and searching but not self-pitying or self-absorbed.
The author's wait time for surgery on a malignant tumour was exceptionally long and riddled with bureaucratic bumbling; thus he asks our health-care providers and administrators if our system cannot be made efficient and more ... Read more
When poet and essayist Kenneth Sherman was diagnosed with cancer, he began keeping a notebook of observations that blossomed into this powerful memoir. With incisive and evocative language, Sherman presents a clear-eyed view of what the cancer patient feels and thinks. His narrative voice is personal but not confessional, practical but not cold, thoughtful and searching but not self-pitying or self-absorbed.
The author's wait time for surgery on a malignant tumour was exceptionally long and riddled with bureaucratic bumbling; thus he asks our health-care providers and administrators if our system cannot be made efficient and more ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
Number of Pages
146
Place of Publication
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9781771121880
SKU
V9781771121880
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99-15
About Kenneth Sherman
Kenneth Sherman is the author of ten books of poetry and two collections of essays. His most recent books are the highly acclaimed long poem Black River (2007) and the award-winning book of essays What the Furies Bring (2009). He lives in Toronto, where he conducts poetry writing workshops.
Reviews for Wait Time
Wait Time, by noted Canadian poet Ken Sherman, is an honest, clear-sighted, humorous and at times eloquent entree into [the category of cancer memoir], not any less gripping because of a happy ending. (He survives.)"
Philip Marchand
The National Post, 20160203
Philip Marchand
The National Post, 20160203