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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 362.196994490092 EAN: 9780670019281 ISBN: 0670019283 Label: Viking Adult Manufacturer: Viking Adult Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: June 12, 2008 Publisher: Viking Adult Studio: Viking Adult Editorial Review: Product Description: A hilarious and wickedly irreverent look at life with cancer Lopsided is not your ordinary cancer memoir. Meredith Norton chronicles every step of her experience, starting with her bizarre symptoms while living in Paris to moving back home to California and living with her compulsive parents and their five television sets. Irreverent and incredibly funny, Norton rails against self-pity and victimhood and rants about the innumerable copies of Lance Armstrongs cancer survival book pressed on her by well-meaning family and friends. Alongside the harrowing portrait of her treatments, Norton offers equally amusing memories from her offbeat life. We see her childhood time during a somewhat racist ski trip, a family reunion at a Florida alligator farm, and her life in a tree house with a neighbor, who, despite being vegan, hates mice enough to taxidermy them into miniature versions of racecar drivers, Jesus, a UPS delivery man, and Sally Jesse Raphael. Like David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs, Nortons razor-sharp wit is at once riotous and excruciating. Lopsided is the remarkable debut of a masterful humorist. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Funny and bittersweetMeredith is incredibly insightful and witty. She provides a unique take on a very serious subject. I read the book in one day- it was so engrossing I couldn't put it down. After all the jobs she describes in her book, it seems as though Meredith has found her calling as a writer. Rating: - A hilarious look at breast cancerMy mom loved this book. She was recently diagnosed with the same cancer. It made her thankful that she did not have to go through as much as this woman had and that she is still alive and well. People need to know this type of breast cancer is out there too! Rating: - straight shooterI had such a good time reading this book. Not something you would expect about a book from a cancer survivor. Perhaps it's because I share Meredith's atypical journey through life that involves multiple careers and dark sense of humor that I found it such a refreshing read, regardless of the subject matter. If you can't handle the fact that cancer is painful, the way it's treated in Western medicine is laughable (if not scary), or if you expect to have some golden halo rain down upon ... Read More Rating: - Now You've Done It, Meredith---We Want More!What an amazing book from a first-time author! From the very first page, I was completely hooked. Meredith Norton gives us a view of her battle with breast cancer that is witty and humorous, yet candid and unflinching (this is probably not a book I'd give to someone who has just been diagnosed--although I'd highly suggest it for those who have been in treatment for a while and know what to expect, and I'd definately suggest it for everyone else!) The book is filled with entertaining ... Read More Rating: - Well-written, funny, and touchingNot only was this book an enjoyable, smooth read, but it was hilarious. Norton has a way of bringing together seemingly disparate stories/experiences without ever sounding trite; in fact, many times her conclusions are powerful. Her vulnerability through a harrowing experience makes her easy to relate to and sympathetic, and she never asks for or tolerates pity. It's an engaging story, whether you're a survivor, a patient, a loved one of either, or someone who simply likes to read good books!! |
