The Wig Diaries

<p style=margin-top: 0; background-image: initial; background-size: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The Wig Diaries</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> is Mary Ladd's irreverent cancer book. Ladd is neither phased by existential gloom nor delicate sympathy. Through no-nonsense revelations Ladd's bold use of black humor makes her diagnosis refreshingly approachable. </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The Wig Diaries</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> intimately addresses the gravity of cancer inviting the reader to bear witness to both the horror and the joke(s). </span></p><p>A fresh modern take on cancer featured in <em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>W Magazine </em>and <em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Lithub</em></p><p>Covers and pokes fun at everything from diagnosis to treatment to medical bills</p><p>Illustrated by <em>San Francisco Chronicle </em>cartoonist Don Asmussen who has cancer for the second time</p><p><em>I love this book.-Mary Roach author of the books Grunt Stiff Spook and Bonk</em></p><p><em>This looks like a hoot and a half. I want more.-Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) author of A Series of Unfortunate Events</em></p><p><em>Clear-eyed fun and reassuring it's the perfect guide!-Vanessa Hua author of A River of Stars and Deceit and Other Possibilities</em></p><p><strong>Fans of <em>F*ck Cancer Cancer is Funny </em>and<em> Healing Through Humor</em> will love this book</strong></p><p>This book is perfect for</p><p>* Anyone diagnosed with cancer or going through cancer treatment</p><p>* Well-meaning friends and family </p><p>* Medical professionals </p><p>Mary Ladd's writing has appeared in <em>Playboy</em> <em>Time Magazine</em> <em>Health</em> the <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em> and in five anthologies including <em>Lit Starts: Writing Humor</em> from Abrams and the best-selling <em>642 Things</em> series. You may have seen her onstage at the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley Breast Cancer Action Bay Area Young Survivors (BAYS) and Litquake. She is a Writers Grotto member who collaborated with Anthony Bourdain on his Bay Area episodes of <em>No Reservations</em>. </p><p>Don Asmussen is the creator of Bad Reporter a twice-weekly political comic strip in the <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em> that is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate and the author of <em>Dog vs. Cat: A Nation Divide</em>d and <em>The San Francisco Comic Strip Book of Big-Ass Mocha.</em></p>