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    Dear boobs

    Oct 09, 2019 4 minutes

    “Dear Boobs, you covered my heart space and that is no coincidence,” reads part of a poignant letter written by Emily Searle, shortly before having a double mastectomy.

    That letter, written by the 39-year-old Tauranga cancer survivor, was the catalyst for her intriguing book project. The book, called Dear Boobs, features the letters of 100 women writing to their “wobbly womanly body parts”.

    In 2016 Emily underwent 14 rounds of chemotherapy, a bilateral mastectomy with node clearance, breast reconstruction, five weeks of radiation, and ongoing hormone treatment. Then, in 2017, the day after her final radiation dose, she launched The Dear Boobs Project.

    Emily’s project was all about collecting “intimate, courageous and

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