RaveNPR... a rousing hybrid of memoir and manifesto ... It\'s...incandescent rage that animates The Undying, and situates it alongside current literature on feminist anger...as well as recent illness memoirs...critical of a medical establishment that frequently refuses to take women\'s concerns seriously and punishes non-compliance ... Not long ago, publishers assumed readers wanted whitewashed, upbeat stories about breast cancer, and the market was flooded with cutesy, cringe-inducing titles, like Big CLittle Ta-Ta, Let Me Get This Off My Chest and Killer Boobs. Boyer\'s intervention into this genre feels like crossing the Rubicon ... This is memoir as anti-capitalist indictment, as biting cultural criticism, as vengeance. It suggests a new era in the politics of breast cancer, one that might look less like corporate sponsored marathons every October and more like the radical, confrontational AIDS activism of the 1980s. Arriving the year before an election that could set healthcare and disability policy for decades, The Undying warns us of the human costs of any system that prioritizes profit over lives.
