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Pre-order ships 12 Oct
“A remarkable journey through family history, genetics, literature and art from a cancer diagnosis to the ultimate redemption of her family tree. The startling beauty of the images lifts the clear-eyed poems into the first rank for lyricism and observation. Their progression recreates the most absorbing medical autobiography.” - Elizabeth Smither
“In Imagined Scar, Jane Simpson transforms the breast cancer journey into a lyrical record of what medicine does not address: lineage, silence, fear, and the quiet labour of survival. Her poems move with clinical accuracy and emotional intelligence, revealing how diagnosis reverberates across generations and through the fault lines of inequity. This collection is both intimate and universal; a beautifully crafted testament to navigating illness with dignity, clarity and uncompromising truth.” - Rami Rahal
Pre-order ships 12 Oct
“A remarkable journey through family history, genetics, literature and art from a cancer diagnosis to the ultimate redemption of her family tree. The startling beauty of the images lifts the clear-eyed poems into the first rank for lyricism and observation. Their progression recreates the most absorbing medical autobiography.” - Elizabeth Smither
“In Imagined Scar, Jane Simpson transforms the breast cancer journey into a lyrical record of what medicine does not address: lineage, silence, fear, and the quiet labour of survival. Her poems move with clinical accuracy and emotional intelligence, revealing how diagnosis reverberates across generations and through the fault lines of inequity. This collection is both intimate and universal; a beautifully crafted testament to navigating illness with dignity, clarity and uncompromising truth.” - Rami Rahal