Imagined Scar

Jane Simpson’s fourth poetry collection, Imagined Scar, takes on the forbidding subject of breast cancer, both within her family and for women around the world. More than a personal medical journey, the book reaches beyond, to history, science and art. Poems range from bleak to witty and absurd, from the lyrical to the provocative.

From the Foreword by Nicola Coom, Chief Executive, Cancer Society of New Zealand

The poems in Imagined Scar create scenes and scenarios that will be instantly recognisable to people with breast cancer and their whānau. For doctors, nurses and researchers, this collection provides a window into everything that exists beyond the consultation room.