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The Inflatable Woman
The Inflatable Woman | Rachael Ball
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A Guardian Best Graphic Book of 2015 Iris (or balletgirl-42 as she's known on the internet dating circuit) is a zookeeper looking for love when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. Overnight, her life becomes populated with a carnival of daunting hospital characters. Despite the attempts of her friends Maud, Granma Suggs, Larry the Monkey and a group of singing penguins to comfort her, Iris's fears begin to encircle her until all she has to cling to is the attention of a lighthouse keeper called sailor_buoy_39. The Inflatable Woman combines magic realism with the grit of everyday life to create a poignant and surreal journey inside the human psyche.
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GatheringBooks
The Inflatable Woman | Rachael Ball
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#RiotGrams Day 25: This collage showcases #PanelsPicturesIllustrations from this searing memoir of a woman diagnosed with breast cancer and how she coped with the anxiety and uncertainty of her existence. All the pages are in black further highlighting the horror, pain, and dark trauma of her entire experience.

Eggs I could relate to this 😣 6y
BarbaraBB @Eggs So sorry to hear that 🍀 6y
GatheringBooks @Eggs oh no. :( sending you light and love from singapore. and yes, positive book vibes. :) 6y
Eggs Thank you ♥️♥️ @BarbaraBB @GatheringBooks 6y
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WitchAndTheWardrobe
The Inflatable Woman | Rachael Ball
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This graphic novel about a woman who is diagnosed with breast cancer is just great. The illustrations are rather simple but very powerful and it made me cry several times.

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GatheringBooks
The Inflatable Woman | Rachael Ball
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Seems like the perfect read this rainy evening. A library find.

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