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Lopsided: A Memoir [Paperback]

Meredith Norton

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May 27 2009
By the age of thirty -four , Meredith Norton had been a hymnal editor, art restorer, game-show producer, and a public school teacher. She'd even lived in a tree house and shepherded goats in Minorca. But none of these unusual experiences prepared her for the most dramatic turn her life would take: the diagnosis of an aggressive form of breast cancer. In this brilliantly funny and irreverent memoir, Norton approaches the disease with a refreshing combination of humor and tenacity, railing against victimhood and self-pity and refusing to become a stereotype.

Told with a razor-sharp wit akin to David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs, Lopsided is most definitely not a typical cancer memoir; it's the bitingly funny debut of a natural-born social observer.


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Product Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books; Reprint edition (May 27 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0143115634
  • ISBN-13: 978-0143115632
  • Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 13.2 x 1.5 cm
  • Shipping Weight: 181 g
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #571,395 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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" Less a cancer survival guide and more a lovably unfiltered e-mail from a hilarious friend."
-People

" Norton [offers an] assured tone, keen eye and dry wit. I hope to encounter this clear, incisive, highly amusing voice again. Soon."
-The Orlando Sentinel

"A truly elegant memoir."
-O, The Oprah Magazine

" Norton strikes a successful balance between light and heavy, keeping her audience consistently engaged."
-San Francisco Chronicle


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4.0 out of 5 stars Good read! Mar 20 2013
By Kathy - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Very interesting story. It helped to hear how another woman coped with a diagnosis of breast cancer. A little edgy but she expressed her feelings in a way that I could relate.
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant writer, shamelessly and brutally honest Mar 15 2013
By Boston Mom - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Stark and punchy, often funny, sometimes tragic, the author renders her personal story with what appears to be deep honesty. Helpful to the cancer sufferer with the stomach for getting real about and able to laugh at how much it sucks.
5.0 out of 5 stars Funny and scary Jun 14 2012
By Dacosta - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
I was recently diagnosed with IDC & am doing as much research as I can possibly cram into my brain... Norton's book was informative in its way and funny as hell. In the spirit of Augusten Burroughs & David Sedaris she made me laugh out loud while driving (I bought the audio version). I'm so glad she wrote this... I thought I was the only one who handled things this strangely! (thinking about how short the dr. was to the point where she couldn't take in what he said, etc.). Nice to know other people are as twisted AND live to tell the tale!

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