Lady Sunflower: stories, songs, and poems from the desk of kill.gertrude

Lady Sunflower is a collection by Sierra Shuck-Sparer, written while she confronted high-risk medulloblastoma. At fifteen, she began treatment and surgery for the cancer, which she named Gertrude. The collection addresses her effort to hold on to her identity as a teenager while moving toward her college years. Its title identifies stories, songs, and poems as parts of the collection, reflecting the forms gathered here.