The girl with nine wigs
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Sophie van der Stap
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781250052230
Subjects: Health and hygiene; Health; Cancer; Patients; Biography; Women
Work titles: Meisje met negen pruiken
Description: "'It's Saturday and everything is different. No, I didn't go to the market this morning and I didn't have my usual coffee on Westerstraat. And no, I wasn't getting ready for a new semester at college. Next Monday, January 31st, I have to admit myself at the hospital for my first chemotherapy session. For the next two months, I'm expected each week for a fresh shot of vincristine, etoposide, ifosfamide and loads more exciting abracadabra.' Sophie is twenty-one when she is diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of cancer. A striking, fun-loving student, her world is reduced overnight to the sterile confines of a hospital. But within these walls Sophie discovers a whole new world of white coats, gossiping nurses, and sexy doctors; of shared rooms, hair loss, and eyebrow pencils.As wigs become a crucial part of Sophie's new life, she reclaims a sense of self-expression. Each of Sophie's nine wigs makes her feel stronger and gives her a distinct personality, and that is why each has its own name: Stella, Sue, Daisy, Blondie, Platina, Uma, Pam, Lydia, and Bebé.There's a bit of Sophie in all of them, and they reveal as much as they hide. Sophie is determined to be much more than a cancer patient.With refreshing candor and a keen eye for the absurd, Sophie van der Stap's The Girl With Nine Wigs makes you smile when you least expect it."--
Notes: "Originally published in the Netherlands by Prometheus Amsterdam under the title Meisje met negen pruiken, ©2007."

"The English translation is an amended and updated version of the Dutch language text of the work."