Breast Cancer Isn’t Always a ‘Battle’

Two new books about breast cancer look at the disease in a different light

Sarah Weinman
Elemental
Published in
7 min readOct 1, 2019

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EEarlier this year, I was having drinks with my friend L. We hadn’t seen each other in quite a while because she had moved out to the West Coast, while I still live in New York. We were already close, but our friendship grew more rooted when she and I were diagnosed with breast…

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Sarah Weinman
Elemental

Crime Lady. Author of THE REAL LOLITA, editor of anthologies. Recent work in the NYT, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, NYMag, and more.