Exploring disfigurement and self-worth
An excerpt from Rearranged: An Opera Singer's Facial Cancer And Life Transposed. In the usual post-op haze after reconstructive surgery, in a wide-open, multi-bed recovery room partitioned by wavy muslin walls, I heard one strangled sentence rise above the racket…
An excerpt from Rearranged: An Opera Singer’s Facial Cancer And Life Transposed.
In the usual post-op haze after reconstructive surgery, in a wide-open, multi-bed recovery room partitioned by wavy muslin walls, I heard one strangled sentence rise above the racket of skittering curtain hooks.
“Honey, I’m a monster!”
My gaze swiveled toward a half-hidden silhouette backlit by fluorescent bed lamps. His large palm cupped the hospital phone close, but I heard it—throaty, …
Exploring disfigurement and self-worth
