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Sophie is 21 when she is diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of cancer. A striking, fun-loving student, she finds her world reduced overnight to the sterile confines of a hospital. But within these walls Sophie discovers a whole new world of gossiping nurses and sexy doctors, and of hair loss and eyebrow pencils. As Sophie faces the challenges of chemotherapy, wigs - now a crucial part of her life - become a powerful form of self-expression. Each of her 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.
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The Girl with Nine Wigs, Sophie van der Stap
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- Released
- 2015
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- Title
- The Girl with Nine Wigs
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Sophie van der Stap
- Publisher
- Vie Books
- Released
- 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN10
- 1849538689
- ISBN13
- 9781849538688
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, True Stories, Biographies, Health & Medicine, Medicine, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Health, Death, Medicine, Life, New Adult, Diseases, Hope, Courage, Netherlands, Cancer, Tumors, Chemotherapy
- First published
- 2006
- Original title
- Meisje met negen pruiken
- Rating
- 3.3 out of 5
- Description
- Sophie is 21 when she is diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of cancer. A striking, fun-loving student, she finds her world reduced overnight to the sterile confines of a hospital. But within these walls Sophie discovers a whole new world of gossiping nurses and sexy doctors, and of hair loss and eyebrow pencils. As Sophie faces the challenges of chemotherapy, wigs - now a crucial part of her life - become a powerful form of self-expression. Each of her 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.