Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Great Regulars: This is a shift of which [Jo] Shapcott

herself is acutely aware--and she's in no doubt about its origins. In May 2003, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and underwent the "full gamut" of treatment (her oncology team are named in Of Mutability's acknowledgments). The process took almost a year, and was deemed, in the cautious terms of cancer medicine, to have been a success. But the remedy left its own scars. During the course of her treatment, Shapcott found herself facing "not only physical changes, which were quite profound, but mental and emotional ones".

from Sarah Crown: The Guardian: Jo Shapcott: I'm not someone chasing her own ambulance

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