The Story of My Tits

Posted on 16 July 2018 by Jennifer Hayden

A landmark work of graphic memoir and a cancer narrative that pulls no punches.When Jennifer Hayden was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 43, she realized that her tits told a story Across a lifetime, they d held so many meanings hope and fear, pride and embarrassment, life and death And then they were gone Now, their story has become a way of understanding her story Growing up flat chested and highly aware of her inadequacies heading off to college, where she bloomed in ways than one navigating adulthood between her mother s mastectomy, her father s mistress, and her musician boyfriend s problems of his own not to mention his sprawling family Then the kids come along As cancer strikes three different lives, some relationships crumble while others emerge even stronger, and this sarcastic child of the 70s finally finds a goddess she can believe in.For everyone who s faced cancer personally, or watched a loved one fight that battle, Hayden s story is a much needed breath of fresh air, an irresistible blend of sweetness and skepticism Rich with both symbolism humor, The Story of My Tits will leave you laughing, weeping, and feeling grateful for every day. Best Read The Story of My Tits By Jennifer Hayden For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month I requested to read this and a couple other Cancer related supporting books as my way to honor our friends who have suffered Since receiving this book to read just last week, another one of my good friends has recently been diagnosed I found out 2 days ago My stomach caved again I ve lost close friends to Breast Cancer I ve watched manysurvive I ve driven a friend to her chemo treatments. walked with her when she had energy watc October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month I requested to read this and a couple other Cancer related supporting books as my way to honor our friends who have suffered Since receiving this book to read just last week, another one of my good friends has recently been diagnosed I found out 2 days ago My stomach caved again I ve lost close friends to Breast Cancer I ve watched manysurvive I ve driven a friend to her chemo treatments. walked with her when she had energy watched lots of videos together and enjoyed a celebration dinner at their house when she was Cancer Free THE STORY OF MY TITS.is touching warm sweet funny sad loving an emotionalgraphic memoir The author Jennifer Hayden takes us on a journey from a young girl into adulthood.sharing her relationships with her breasts her mother s the family dating mar...The graphic memoir of Hayden s relationship to her breasts, with each chapter focusing on some aspect of them and how she is defined by them in any given stage of her life An illustrator and fiction writer, Hayden published Underwire in 2011, and in it I liked her original and attractive style and snarky sense of humor I just thought it was okay for a first effort She says she got the idea for this project after reading Marisa Acocella Marchetto s Cancer Vixen, as she herself is a breast canc The graphic memoir of Hayden s relationship to her breasts, with each chapter focusing on some aspect of them and how she is defined by them in any given stage of her life An illustrator and fiction writer, Hayden published Underwire in 2011, and in it I liked her original and attractive style and snarky sense of humor I just thought it was okay for a first effort She says she got the idea for this project after reading Marisa Acocella Marchetto s Cancer Vixen, as she herself is a breast cancer survivor, and she thought then how she might expand on the subject, broaden the topic to include her view of her body, her relationships with men, and her relationships with her family, whom to a person don t like to talk abo...It has been a while since I read this I ve fallen behind in reviews To do a thorough review I ll have to take it out of the library again, but I ll try to say a bit, as I don t like to give star ratings without reflecting What I remember initially is being frustrated with the title This is a memoir about muchthan Hayden s relationship with her chest area, and to begin a very long memoir with this idea that it is focused on a particular anatomical situation was both misleading and a bit It has been a while since I read this I ve fallen behind in reviews To do a thorough review I ll have to take it out of the library again, but I ll try to say a bit, as I don t like to give star ratings without reflecting What I remember initially is being frustrated with the title This is a memoir about muchthan Hayden s relationship with her chest area, and to begin a very long memoir with this idea that it is focused on a particular anatomical situation was both misleading and a bit befuddling I wondered as I read what would have happened, how I would have experienced the book differently, had the title not been focused in that way I still wonder how much a title affects my experience of a book as far as I can tell, this book makes one think about titles On the other hand, so much of a person s life revolves around their relationship with their body, and the bodies of those...If you are a woman your breasts are a significant part of your biography There is that moment when you realize that you are no longer allowed to run around topless There are those horribly restrictive days of wearing your first bra, and maybe later your first under wire one You might have been someone who agonized about the lack of growth in those buds, or alternately, someone who was anguished by how big they were getting And on and on it goes In no way am I implying that there is notIf you are a woman your breasts are a significant part of your biography There is that moment when you realize that you are no longer allowed to run around topless There are those horribly restrictive days of wearing your first bra, and maybe later your first under wire one You might have been someone who agonized about the lack of growth in those buds, or alternately, someone who was anguished by how big they were getting And on and on it goes In no way am I implying that there is notto women than their breast size and shape au contraire , but there is no avoidin...Behind the wiseass title is a terrific book that does what great comics do pulls you into someone else s way of seeing the world, their thought patterns, private symbols, and metaphoric links, their mental and emotional landscape, their braided associations and triggering images Aprofound and enthralling experience than I at first expected Though I had thought that the book s rigid layouts, small, tight, busy drawings, and chatty, discursive style might add up to something too obvious, Behind the wiseass title is a terrific book that does what great comics do pulls you into someone else s way of seeing the world, ...Jennifer Hayden grew up flat chested She was frustrated and embarrassed Suddenly, she bloomed in her later teens She was happy, with her new endowments and then her mother developed breast cancer and had a mastectomy.Was her turn next At age, 43, she was diagnosed with the same thing, targeting the same bre...I added this book to my to read list after reading Nancy Powell s in depth review in Shelf Awareness Hayden s graphic memoir is an emotionally gripping and self deprecating, yet good natured tale of cancer survival and a celebration of all things inherently female Wow Must read this, I thought, and put it on hold at the library.But having finished the book, I can t agree that it s a landmark work deserving a place in the pantheon of comics artists, even though Hayden is certainly talented I added this book to my to read list after reading Nancy Powell s in depth review in Shelf Awareness Hayden s graphic memoir is an emotionally gripping and self deprecating, yet good natured tale of cancer survival and a celebration of all things inherently female Wow Must read this, I thought, and pu...Sometimes it seems that almost everybody I know has had breast cancer or know s somebody else who does This fierce and loving graphic memoir is about Jennifer Hayden s own harrowing struggle through Stage 0 breast cancer when she was in her forties as well as the story of her mother s mastectomy when Ms Hayden was younger What I enjoyed most about Ms Hayden s story was her ability to show us how a family, over time and through affairs, divorce, step parenting and of course, the brutal diagnosi Sometimes it seems that almost everybody I know has had breast cancer or know s somebody else who does This fierce and loving graphic memoir is about Jennifer Hayden s own harrowing struggle through Stage 0 breast cancer when she was in her forties as well as the story of her mother s mastectomy when Ms Hayden was younger What I enjoyed most about Ms Hayden s story was her ...Wow This book is amazing I m baffled as to why cancer narratives are a sizeable genre unto themselves in the graphic novel world, but The Story of My Tits is one of the better ones Jennifer Hayden delivers on the title s promise, tracing her story from pre adolescence to the present The book is warm and funny and wise and tragic and uplifting and just generally a great big slab of life For someone so late to the graphic novel party, her quiet command of the form is impressive She has a won Wow This book is amazing I m baffled as to why cancer narratives are a sizeable genre unto themselves in the graphic novel world, but The Story of My Tits is one of the better ones Jennifer Hayden delivers on the title s promise, tracing her story from pre adolescence to the present The book is warm and funny and wise and tragic and uplifting and just generally a great big slab of life For someone so late to the graphic novel party, her quiet command of the form is impressive She has a wonderfully fuzzy style of drawing that reminds me of blanking on the name, but he drew for the New Yorker Koren, maybe Anyway, the styles are at least vaguely similar, or so my admittedly faulty memory tells me I m not easily gi...Don t be spooked by its provocative title This book is not just about boobs It is also about being a daughter and a mom and a wife and a woman searching for meaning and fulfillment in her life and here and there, how her changing body was a part of those identities and that search and also I guessss it s about breast cancer and also its about how mortality makes everything just that muchpoignant and beautiful But you know what It s not cheesy It s hilarious, and by turns tear jerkin Don t be spooked by its provocative title This book is not just about boobs It is also about being a daughter and a mom and a wife and a woman searching for meaning and fulfillment in her life and here and there, how her changing body was a part of those identities and that search and a...

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16 July 2018

Jennifer Hayden