Lopsided: How Having Breast Cancer Can Be Really Distracting Audiobook, by Meredith Norton Play Audiobook Sample

Lopsided: How Having Breast Cancer Can Be Really Distracting Audiobook

Lopsided: How Having Breast Cancer Can Be Really Distracting Audiobook, by Meredith Norton Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Carrington MacDuffie Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 3.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 2.88 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: June 2008 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781481551472

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

28

Longest Chapter Length:

26:39 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

04:36 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

12:27 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

Lopsided is not your ordinary cancer memoir.

Meredith Norton displays the razor-sharp wit of a masterful humorist as she chronicles her experience, from the first appearance of her bizarre symptoms while she was living in Paris to moving to California to live with her compulsive parents and their five television sets.

Along with hilarious and harrowing portrait of her treatments, she offers equally amusing memories of her offbeat life, rants about well-meaning family and friends, and rails against self-pity.

Funny, irreverent, and down-to-earth, Norton’s memoir brings a refreshing burst of attitude to a difficult experience she refuses to be intimidated by.

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"I loved this book! Meredith Norton writes in the same vein as Haven Kimmel and Anne Lamott...she is achingly astute, poignient and funny all in the same breath. She doesn't gloss over the seriousness of her condition, but she has a life and baby and a complicated family and these things are also a part of her life. This book should be on every woman's shelf both because it is soberingly real and because it is loaded with hope and humor."

— Dawne (4 out of 5 stars)

Quotes

  • “A truly elegant memoir…[on] the physical slapstick of battling this disease.”

    — O, The Oprah Magazine
  • “Her disarming frankness renders the book less a cancer survival guide and more a lovably unfiltered e-mail from a hilarious friend.”

    — People
  • “By including touches of wit and sarcasm, Norton strikes a successful balance between light and heavy, keeping her audience consistently engaged.”

    — San Francisco Chronicle
  • “Crackle[s] with heartfelt intensity and irreverence.”

    — Booklist
  • “Blackly humorous…Norton is one plucky dame, and she displays a sharp eye for the human condition.”

    — Kirkus Reviews
  • “Will make readers stand up and cheer. Highly recommended.”

    — Library Journal

Lopsided Listener Reviews

Overall Performance: 3.79166666666667 out of 53.79166666666667 out of 53.79166666666667 out of 53.79166666666667 out of 53.79166666666667 out of 5 (3.79)
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  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " It was pretty good. A quick, funny read. "

    — Amanda, 2/14/2014
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " The first half is hilarious and tragic. The last half isn't as interesting. However, I really admire the author and her spunk. "

    — Adrian, 1/29/2014
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Great book - very touching and funny "

    — Eryn, 1/9/2014
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " This book was unbelievably funny considering the subject matter. The author was able to frame her experience as a real person without getting maudlin, and also threw in a lot of (hilarious) anecdotes about her life. "

    — Ceryta, 1/1/2014
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Funny look at a life-changing event. "

    — Micaela, 12/27/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " the author has a wicked sense of humor and told her story of breast cancer with dignity and grace.....with lots of humor... "

    — kathi, 12/21/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " This is a great (and actually pretty funny) memoir about one woman surviving a breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment. "

    — Michelle, 12/19/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " This was the most down-to-earth illness/recovery story I remember reading. I feel like I know this person, and I really like and admire her. "

    — Kim, 12/10/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " This is a very funny, poignant, and moving memoir. It shows that humor can get you through the toughest situations barely scathed. (Unfortunately I know this all too well.) "

    — Kate, 10/28/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Really funny book about cancer. Really. Will make you LOL. "

    — Lisa, 10/18/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " I thought the book was darkly funny, and I found myself really liking her. Often times she would segue to a new topic/thought, which couls be distracting, but she managed to tie the loose ends together at the end of a chapter. If there were 1/2 stars available I'd give this one 3 1/2 stars. "

    — Hillary, 10/15/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " I enjoyed this book. It was humerous yet honest, sarcastic yet touching. A very introspective look into the life of a person dealing with cancer and all the life changing moments it creates. "

    — Amy, 8/27/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Awesome. Made me laugh, which is not what I usually get from a cancer memoir. "

    — Cate, 2/21/2013
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " Wasn't what I thought it would be. Hoped for more "

    — Pam, 8/16/2012
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " I want to recommend it to friends with cancer but it might be a little too confronting at times. "

    — Pip, 5/27/2012
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Nice to read a "cancer book" with a dose of humour in it, not to diminish other accounts at all. Found this refreshingly honest - speaking from the safety of never having experienced it. "

    — Anne, 5/13/2012
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Norton does not wallow in self-pity and endearments, but spits it out as she truly feels with a dose of articulate and at times cynical humour "

    — Baljit, 4/15/2012
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " I heard people raving about this book but I didn't feel the same about it. "

    — Kelly, 4/2/2012
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " I LOVE this book... it's one of the funniest books I've read in years "

    — Alex, 1/9/2012
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Candid humorous book about living with cancer. "

    — Jennifer, 1/6/2012
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " A sensational book by a cancer survivor, she makes cancer less scary for me (everyone I know dies of some form of cancer) for having survived breast cancer with her wonderful humor intact and losing only a boob in the process. "

    — Abby, 12/15/2011
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Informative, funny and seriously creative. "You don't want the doctor to give you a headache just fix your headache." Right? "

    — Dee, 8/14/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " her memoir reads like equal parts anne lamott and david sedaris. i was won over by her candor, shriekingly hilarious humor, and total lack of pretension about dealing with a rare form of breast cancer. "

    — Susannah, 6/16/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " A surprising book about cancer. It's not sad and depressing- it's funny. My only gripes are that Meredith is a little perverted. And she describes things too well. But I guess I should expect that in a book about breast cancer. "

    — Andrew, 4/5/2011

About Meredith Norton

Meredith Norton (1970-2013) traveled extensively and resided for several years in Europe. She was a graduate of the Bentley School, Berkeley High School, and Columbia College in New York with an AB degree in film studies and creative writing.

About Carrington MacDuffie

Carrington MacDuffie is a voice actor and recording artist who has narrated over two hundred audiobooks, received numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards, and has been a frequent finalist for the Audie Award, including for her original audiobook, Many Things Invisible. Alongside her narration work, she has released a new album of original songs, Only an Angel.