Jeanne lost her mother when she was 25, and her aunt also had breast cancer. When Jeanne was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), her children were still very young. In her blog, www.triplenegatif.blogspot.com, Jeanne returns to the multiple aspects of the breast: that of the woman, the mother, the sick person, then the reconstructed breast. Heredity and lineage, but also faith, are questioned in a lyrical, almost poetic and soul-searching way.

As my towel brushed past the bottom of my right breast, I couldn’t help noticing that something didn’t feel right. Broken glass? It felt like broken glass. Is that possible? Could I have broken my boob? Can you break a boob? My mind began to swirl toward real questions then to ones that were clearly insane and made no sense... and yet, I asked them out loud... to myself... in the mirror.