“From Stage to Survival: Kathleen Watt’s Poignant Journey Through Cancer and Redemption in ‘Rearranged'”
Though Watt’s wry sense of humor is no doubt what helps her through her harrowing odyssey, it may in the long run be what seems to have gotten in the way of her dealing deeply with certain aspects of her ordeal. She mentions her alcoholism in a list of “demons wrestled” but we see no such wrestling on the page. Likewise, she seems, at times, astonishingly unaware of the toll her illness has taken on her partner, try as she might to keep her feelings of grief hidden from her. She miscalculates the loss of her wife’s career. “How did I not know that my health issues — I myself — had probably stolen her future?”
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