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050 _a PN 6231.D658
_b .M989 2005
245 0 _aMy fair malladies :
_bfunny essays and poems on various ailments and afflictions /
_cedited by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo.
260 _aNew Manila, Q.C. :
_bMilflores Pub.,
_cc2005.
300 _axi, 215 pages :
_billustrations
_c23 cm.
520 _aAlmost everyone has suffered, at one time or the other, from some ailment, real or imagined. In true Pinoy fashion, we all cope by laughing about it, proving that laughter, indeed, is the best medicine.The 64 funny essays and poems in this book are all about the maladies that have afflicted some of thebest writers in the country today-from a wandering eye to the big C, from an irrational fear of insects to a full-blown nervous breakdown. They are interspersed with nuggets of information on the illnesses.
650 _aDiseases in literature.
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650 _aDiseases
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650 _aFilipino wit and humor.
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650 _aHumorous poetry, Filipino.
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700 _aHidalgo, Cristina Pantoja.
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