Watters, Debbie, with Haydn and Emmett Watters: Where's Mom's Hair? A Family's Journey Through Cancer.

Watters, Debbie, with Haydn and Emmett Watters: Where's Mom's Hair? A Family's Journey Through Cancer. Watters, Debbie, with Haydn and Emmett Watters WHERE'SMOM'S HAIR? A Family's Journey Through Cancer. Photos bySophie Hogan. ISBN ISBNabbr.International Standard Book NumberISBNInternational Standard Book NumberISBNn abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m1896764-94-0. Toronto, ON: Second Story Press, 2005.32 pp. $12.95 CAN/$10.95 U.S. Children and families everywhere have beenin need of this book. At last, a realistic look at the journey a familygoes through when morn has cancer--the joys, the fears, and the facts,shared from the children's perspective. The focus on "we"captivated cap��ti��vate?tr.v. cap��ti��vat��ed, cap��ti��vat��ing, cap��ti��vates1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm.2. Archaic To capture. this reviewer. "Mom got cancer ... [but] we made itthrough the operation ... through chemotherapy ... mom going bald. Weall did it together." A child reading this will be reassured thathe or she is not alone. Hogan does a magnificent job capturing in photosthe mixed emotions of the family and friends as they experience thisjourney. Humorous moments provide the levity lev��i��ty?n. pl. lev��i��ties1. Lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate; frivolity.2. Inconstancy; changeableness.3. The state or quality of being light; buoyancy. a child needs while readingabout a scary and unsettling un��set��tle?v. un��set��tled, un��set��tling, un��set��tlesv.tr.1. To displace from a settled condition; disrupt.2. To make uneasy; disturb.v.intr. time. Ages 6 up. Reviewed by IsabelKilloran, York University York University,at North York, Ont., Canada; nondenominational; coeducational; founded 1959 as an affiliate of the Univ. of Toronto, became independent 1965. , Toronto, ON