Down to the Bone
A Leukemia Story
$76.87
- Hardcover
152 pages
- Release Date
12 December 2022
Summary
When Catherine received her diagnosis, she didn’t despair. She started drawing.
When Catherine is diagnosed with acute leukemia, a deadly form of cancer that attacks the immune system, her life is turned upside down. Young and previously healthy, she now finds herself catapulted into the world of the seriously ill—constantly testing and waiting for results, undergoing endless medical treatments, learning to accept a changing body, communicating with a medical team, an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781637790342 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1637790341 |
| Author: | Catherine Pioli, J.T. Mahany |
| Publisher: | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Imprint: | Graphic Mundi |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 152 |
| Release Date: | 12 December 2022 |
| Weight: | 680g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 191mm x 257mm |
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Critics Review
“A stunning example of what graphic medicine can do.”
—starred review Publishers Weekly
“The narrative, the information about leukemia, and the details about her treatment that the book shares all have a sense of hope that made the graphic novel’s abrupt ending, with a short text note about Pioli’s death in 2017, all the more devastating.”
—Gene Ambaum Library Comic
“There is humor but far more humanity in Pioli’s story about a ‘rare’ cancer … that takes away a beautiful life and leaves sorrow in its wake. Pioli’s book helps touch this sweet spot in us all while educating readers about cancer and how they can help.”
—Denise Hill New Pages
“Thoughtful, graceful, unforgettable. Pioli captures both the coldly clinical and the deeply personal with honesty, humor, and revelations that hit hard. It’s as good as graphic medicine gets.”
—Brian Fies, author of Mom’s Cancer
“A life-affirming graphic novel that ably illustrates not only the medical issues but also the very personal ones that affect a person diagnosed with leukemia. Elegantly translated from the original French by J. T. Mahany, it’s an excellent read for anyone interested in cancer, mortality and life in France.”
—Doreen Sheridan The Frumious Consortium
Catherine Pioli
Catherine Pioli was born in 1982. She loved to draw as a child and later enrolled in the School of Applied Arts in Paris. Throughout her career as an illustrator and freelance graphic designer represented by a Paris-based illustration agency, she created content for marketing firms, news outlets, and book and magazine publishers. When she was diagnosed with acute leukemia in 2016, she decided to make a graphic novel about her experience. Sadly, she did not survive her illness, passing away in July 2017. Despite everything, the testament she gives us is full of humanity and hope.
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