Van der Stap, Sophie, <br/><br/>
The girl with nine wigs :  a memoir / 
Sophie van der Stap. 
 - 271 pages ;  20 cm 
<br/><br/> Originally published in the Netherlands by Prometheus Amsterdam under the title Meisje met negen pruiken, 2007. 
<br/><br/> Sophie is 21 when she is diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of cancer. A striking, fun-loving student, she finds her world reduced overnight to the sterile confines of a hospital. But within these walls Sophie discovers a whole new world of gossiping nurses and sexy doctors, and of hair loss and eyebrow pencils.<br/><br/>As Sophie faces the challenges of chemotherapy, wigs – now a crucial part of her life – become a powerful form of self-expression. Each of her nine wigs makes her feel stronger and gives her a distinct personality, and that is why each has its own name: Stella, Sue, Daisy, Blondie, Platina, Uma, Pam, Lydia and Bebé. There’s a bit of Sophie in all of them, and they reveal as much as they hide. Sophie is determined to be much more than a cancer patient 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781849538688 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015018651 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Van der Stap, Sophie--Health.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cancer--Patients--Netherlands--Biography.<br/>Cancer--Patients--Rehabilitation.<br/>Women--Health and hygiene.<br/>Baldness