A humorist faces life with Stage 4 lung cancer: 'The future disappeared for me'
Source: NPR Topics: News · Bias: Center
Summary
In 2020, Annabelle Gurwitch went to urgent care for a COVID-19 test and learned she had cancer. She writes about life as a "cancer slacker" in her memoir, The End of My Life is Killing Me.
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