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A very emotional read

Down to the Bone: A Leukemia Story by Catherine Pioli

November 9, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Author and illustrator Catherine Pioli chronicled her journey as a leukemia patient in Down to the Bone: A Leukemia Story. At first, I thought it would be some “sad sack poor me” story. I was wonderfully surprised it was nothing like that. I wasn’t halfway through this graphic novel (reading a reader copy online through Edelweiss) before I know it was going to be a five. And unless some huge middle finger happened it would stay a five for the sheer power of it. Instead, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: cancer, Catherine Pioli, Death / Grief / Bereavement, Diseases & Conditions, family relationships, France, Health & Fitness, personal narrative, Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphom

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:554 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: cancer, Catherine Pioli, Death / Grief / Bereavement, Diseases & Conditions, family relationships, France, Health & Fitness, personal narrative, Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphom ·
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“This dreadful silence we called peace.”

A Father's Story by Lionel Dahmer

January 25, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I continued my reading on the Jeffrey Dahmer serial murders with this personal memoir of the case by his father Lionel. The issue lying before me is writing a review where I feel awful for everyone involved and also relate a lot without sounding either hard-hearted, overly forgiving, or like I myself am headed down some dark road. And also to avoid making it sound like I think that my own theories about the case psychology are necessarily correct vs what experts think. True crime […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, father and son, horror, Lionel Dahmer, personal narrative, true crime

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:25 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, father and son, horror, Lionel Dahmer, personal narrative, true crime ·
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