Flood - by Christine Kalafus (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Christine is pregnant with twins and recovering from the betrayal of her husband's affair when her right breast engages in a mutiny. After delivering identical boys and a tumor on the same day, she believes the worst is over. Until the natural spring under her house-- what the neighborhood kids call The Witch House-- begins to rise. Intimate, heartbreaking, and hilarious, Flood is one woman's liquid desire to protect her home, her family, and herself.

Review Quotes

"FLOOD is an exquisite and, at times, harrowing examination of the world of cancer--and by world, I mean the 360-degree of a disease as seen through the medical establishment, the intimates and, most importantly, by the survivor, herself." --Michael Klein, Lambda Award Winning Author of When I was a Twin

"Kalafus bears witness to the medicalization of the female body through a lens both intimate and wise. Peppered with the author's raw humor and frank admissions of doubt, this remarkable story is ultimately one of profound dignity and strength." --Danielle Pieratti, Winner of the Connecticut Book Award and author of Approximate Body

About the Author

Lauded by Publisher's Weekly as "reassuringly honest and entertaining," Christine's award-winning writing has appeared in The Culture We Deserve, Longreads, The New Guard, and The Connecticut Literary Anthology, among many other places. "I've Heard You Make Cakes," recorded before a live audience at Laugh Boston, was broadcast by The Moth Radio Hour on New York's WNYC. Christine lives in Pomfret, Connecticut with her husband and Virginia Woof-- their Springer spaniel-- in an old farmhouse that needs her.