“Clinging to that last, bottom eyelash…”
Published January 12, 2020
Part 2 of our conversation with Laurie Brown Kindred dives deeper into the cancer treatments she went through, her personal reaction to a changing body, and reflections about how the looks of pity from strangers on the subway impacted her. These and other insights from a women who lived through cancer with grit and grace.
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