Asymmetries
A Memoir of Difference
$29.75
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
17 November 2026
Summary
An unflinching memoir of losing a leg to childhood cancer—and the lifelong work of reclaiming body, identity, and belonging beyond “normal.”
At fourteen, Caren Rabbino loses her leg to childhood cancer. The surgery saves her life—but it also fractures her relationship to her body, her family, and the world that suddenly reads as “other.”
In the years that follow, she navigates phantom limb pain and relentless pressure to “fix” herself, even as she tries to pass as normal to pr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798896363941 |
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| Author: | Caren Rabbino |
| Publisher: | She Writes Press |
| Imprint: | She Writes Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 17 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“Caren Rabbino’s Asymmetries does everything memoir should do: it disrupts and delights. Rabbino artfully explores the unique conundrum of life in a non-normative body, using her experiences to challenge limited ideas about how this looks and feels. She also articulates the struggle we all face as embodied humans, disabled and temporarily able-bodied, to truly belong—to ourselves and to the world.”—Emily Black, author of My Left Leg
Caren Rabbino
Caren Rabbino founded Fast Forward Consulting in 1998 and is a certified mediator through the New York State Unified Court System. She co-founded Miami Light Project, a non-profit cultural organization now in its 36th year, and served on the boards of Hester Street Collaborative, the Iyengar Yoga Association of Greater New York, and Hidden Water. She earned degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and New York University. She lives in New York City, New York.
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