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Moonface
Angela Balcita
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Description for Moonface
Paperback. "Moonface" is a hilarious, incredibly moving memoir about how one woman foundromance and laughter in the most unlikely way: by having a kidney transplant.256 pp. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
"Angela Balcita's love story takes a couple of artsy wanderers off the road and into the bright, scary world of transplants, dialysis, and neonatal intensive care." -Marion Winik, author of The Glen Rock Book of the Dead From the pages of the New York Times' Modern Love column comes one woman's moving and uproarious story of how love and laughter rescued her from life-threatening illness. Angela Balcita's cathartic memoir of finding love while wrestling with kidney failure will strike a chord with anyone yearning for a poignant, true-to-life romance...with a real fairy tale ending.
"Angela Balcita's love story takes a couple of artsy wanderers off the road and into the bright, scary world of transplants, dialysis, and neonatal intensive care." -Marion Winik, author of The Glen Rock Book of the Dead From the pages of the New York Times' Modern Love column comes one woman's moving and uproarious story of how love and laughter rescued her from life-threatening illness. Angela Balcita's cathartic memoir of finding love while wrestling with kidney failure will strike a chord with anyone yearning for a poignant, true-to-life romance...with a real fairy tale ending.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780061537318
SKU
V9780061537318
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Ref
99-15
About Angela Balcita
Angela Balcita received her MFA in nonfiction writing from the University of Iowa. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Iowa Review, and Utne Reader, among other publications. She lives in Baltimore with her husband and daughter.
Reviews for Moonface
"[Moonface] will restore your faith in humanity."
People "Balcita paints a picture of [her and her husband's] commitment and empathy for each other that is sweet and compelling enough to keep readers engrossed into the wee hours."
USA Today "What makes Balcita's memoir so brightly entertaining is the unequaled sense of humor and perspective with which she and ... Read more
People "Balcita paints a picture of [her and her husband's] commitment and empathy for each other that is sweet and compelling enough to keep readers engrossed into the wee hours."
USA Today "What makes Balcita's memoir so brightly entertaining is the unequaled sense of humor and perspective with which she and ... Read more