A fish in the moonlight; growing up in the bone marrow unit.

9781557534866

A fish in the moonlight; growing up in the bone marrow unit.

Homan, Sidney.

Purdue University Press

2008

226 pages

$24.95

Hardcover

RJ505

As Homan (English, U. of Florida) sits with this group of youngsters finding out who got wheeled in, who got wheeled out, who is in remission, who is not, he tells them stories of his own youth, perhaps only slightly embroidered and then only to extend wisdom. The children live vicariously through Homan's stories as they remain tethered to IVs and drains and hope. Homan is not just a storyteller; he, as an adult, is proof that these kids just might live to tell their own stories of the world outside.

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