A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
What is wrong with Dave's mother at the beginning of Chapter One in the memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius?
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Dave's mother, who suffers from stomach cancer, has a nose bleed. Dave watches her holding a towel to her nose while spitting into a small, half-moon shaped bowl. Dave's mother is always spitting into the bowl since the doctors removed her stomach.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius