Its seemingly simple in presentation, yet. The book won the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Non-Fiction and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction and. Teva Harrison was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at age 37. Harrison’s short, sharp essays are raw, brilliant, thought-provoking, and very disquieting. She was the author of the bestselling, award-winning, critically-acclaimed hybrid graphic memoir, In-Between Days, published by House of Anansi Press. With brutally honest writing, she describes the challenge of balancing pain management with being fully immersed in her life, and the problem with hope: “I have to find a way to balance the hope I need to get up every day with the pragmatism I need to deal with bad news.” Going far beyond her cancer patient status, her reflections poignantly take readers into her life: introducing them to her family, venturing back in time to when she fell in love with her now-husband, and reminiscing about some of the powerful women and men whom she has loved and lost. In-Between Days: A Memoir About Living with Cancer Paperback Maby Teva Harrison (Author) 45 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Paperback 14.19 29 Used from 2.25 9 New from 10. She shares her disappointments, medical appointments, best and worst days, and interactions with those around her, recounting what it feels like to go for an MRI at 3:45 a.m. She wrote and illustrated the critically acclaimed graphic memoir In-Between Days, which was the winner of the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Nonfiction, a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Nonfiction and the Joe Shuster Award for Cartoonist or Auteur, and was a Globe and Mail, National Post, Kobo, and Quill. Harrison’s prose and distinct illustrations recount her journey from being a healthy woman with a promising future into the world of palliative care after she was diagnosed with incurable cancer at age 37. TEVA HARRISON (19762019) was an author and visual artist. This unforgettable memoir takes readers on a grueling and very personal journey into cancer treatment.

In-Between Days by Teva Harrison