Jane Yolen: "The Radiation Sonnets" (Algonquin)

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Jane Yolen: "The Radiation Sonnets" (Algonquin)

In July, 2002, bestselling children's author Jane Yolen's husband was diagnosed with an inoperable skull tumor. Jane coped by writing a sonnet for each day of her husband’s radiation treatment. "The Radiation Sonnets" are...

In July, 2002, bestselling children's author Jane Yolen's husband was diagnosed with an inoperable skull tumor. Jane coped by writing a sonnet for each day of her husband’s radiation treatment. "The Radiation Sonnets" are forty-three poems by Jane Yolen that chronicle the confusion, grief and occasional humor of caring for someone undergoing cancer treatment.

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Jane Yolen

Bestselling children's book author

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