cover image I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise

I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise

Erma Bombeck. HarperPrism, $5.5 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-06-109905-2

Bombeck met scores of young cancer survivors--aged three through the teens--and their families. Finding that these children had an antic wit equal to her own, she shows how they rely on humor and hope: their personal arsenals in the war against death. ``Bombeck soars over her earlier accomplishments with this book,'' lauded PW. Photos. (Sept.)