{"product_id":"natural-killer","title":"Natural Killer","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHarriet Alida Lye\u003c\/h2\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eWith a new introduction by Ashley Audrain, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Push \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Whispers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I need people to know that I exist, that their experiment worked, that by some combination of luck and science, I'm alive.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this harrowing and intimate memoir, Harriet Alida Lye explores how, at just fifteen years old, she was diagnosed with a variant of leukemia called Natural Killer, named \"the rarest and worst malignancy.\" The average survival time of patients with this diagnosis is fifty-eight days. There were no known survivors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold through a seamless blend of narrative, medical notes, and journal entries, \u003ci\u003eNatural Killer\u003c\/i\u003e explores what it’s like to live with a life-threatening illness and survive it, and how the memory of a body turning against itself resurfaces at moments of profound vulnerability, especially in becoming a mother. After having spent nine months living at Toronto’s SickKids Hospital as a teenager, Harriet spent most of her pregnancy reckoning with how to trust a body that had once committed the ultimate betrayal. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith probing lyricism and searing honesty, Harriet Alida Lye examines what it means not just to survive the impossible, but to build a life in its aftermath.","brand":"PRH","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":51910636437790,"sku":"9780771049255","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/3584\/9246\/files\/9780771049255.jpg?v=1780065093","url":"https:\/\/www.cedarcanoebooks.com\/products\/natural-killer","provider":"Cedar Canoe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}