Disfigured

Disfigured (2011) ''is a novel by Ruby Yayra.

Quotes

 * Nii had loved the old me and despite all that had happened, he was renewing, that love with this new me. It wasn’t just Nii either. It was each one of these fifteen people who had taken time off their lives to be a part of mine.
 * Page 120-129


 * It was from these one-breasted and flat-chested women that I drew strength and power to move on. I’d reach out and help other women fight this dreadful disease.
 * Page 65


 * I lifted my eyes defiantly and looked him in the eyes expecting to find judgement and condemnation, Instead, all what I found was love
 * Page 103


 * It’s not just a woman disease; it’s the family’s, the health service’s and the nation’s so this disease is our disease, you, me and your husband and the rest of the surgical team. To fight it, we’ve got to understand it.
 * Page 41


 * He’d declined a six-month training programme his bank was sponsoring for him and some other guy in the UK because of me
 * Page 95


 * Was I scared? Yes. Was I ready? Yes. Was I alone? No. Nii had been given a pair of surgical scrubs and he was with me
 * Page 88