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'Bone was a prominent newspaper journalist and columnist when in 2004 she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow that can be treated but not cured. Dry-eyed, but often darkly humourous, Bad Hair Days describes a journey many baby boomers make - working and meeting the demands of everyday life, minus hair and under the influence of chemo, while, outside the front door, the world seems to be going to hell in a handbasket.' (back cover)
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Epigraph: This is a special way of being afraid/ No trick dispels. Religion used to try,/ that vast, moth-eaten musical brocade/ Created to pretend we never die - Philip Larkin, 'Aubade'
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Cancer Country
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 296 2007; (p. 48)
— Review of Bad Hair Days 2007 single work autobiography -
Not Gently into That Good Night
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , November vol. 2 no. 10 2007; (p. 18-19)
— Review of Dying : A Memoir 2007 selected work autobiography biography essay ; Bad Hair Days 2007 single work autobiography -
The War Zone Within
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 September 2007; (p. 23)
— Review of Bad Hair Days 2007 single work autobiography -
A Journo's Tough Mission Towards Remission
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 September 2007; (p. 11)
— Review of Bad Hair Days 2007 single work autobiography -
Life, and Other Plans
2007
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 25 August 2007; (p. 10)
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A Journo's Tough Mission Towards Remission
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 September 2007; (p. 11)
— Review of Bad Hair Days 2007 single work autobiography -
The War Zone Within
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 September 2007; (p. 23)
— Review of Bad Hair Days 2007 single work autobiography -
Not Gently into That Good Night
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , November vol. 2 no. 10 2007; (p. 18-19)
— Review of Dying : A Memoir 2007 selected work autobiography biography essay ; Bad Hair Days 2007 single work autobiography -
Cancer Country
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 296 2007; (p. 48)
— Review of Bad Hair Days 2007 single work autobiography -
Life, and Other Plans
2007
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 25 August 2007; (p. 10)
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