Hey, y’all! This isn’t a news thing, this is a thing about a thing I read. It’s a graphic memoir called Stitches by an author and cartoonist called David Small. I originally read it for my mental health/comics class, but it was unexpectedly relevant to this class as well. Not scientifically, but– uh– let me just tell you what it’s about.
The book (which is a comic/graphic novel) goes back to David’s young life. He was born in 1945 and had a lot of sinus and respiratory problems. His father was a radiologist who believed that radiation could cure his ailments, so he did a lot of radiological stuff to David, which leads to him getting cancer at 14. His parents don’t tell him he has cancer– they lead him to believe it’s just a cyst, and he ends up having two surgeries in which they remove the cyst, but also his thyroid and one of his vocal cords, leaving him mostly mute. There’s more stuff that happens, but that’s the relevant bit… it’s an amazing book with fantastic illustration. I own it if anyone’s interested in reading it, and it’s $5 on Amazon– it’s one of the best books I’ve read in a long time.
Anyway, have a good week and stay safe.
— Essie