Who will go with me to the Topanga Canyon haunted house on Halloween? Who will stain the entire bathroom blue with hair dye? Who will argue with me I have seen that episode of Law & Order when I think I haven’t, but she is always right? Who will ask me to proofread her paper so “it’s perfect because I need a 4.0 to get into a good college”? Who will insist I watch the USC vs. UCLA football game with her because “you should have school spirit” even though we don’t like the sport? Who will test me on music I don’t even listen to and expect me to know all of the answers and then roll her eyes when I don’t?

Baby Marinol

Better Off Bald chronicles my sister Adrienne’s 147-day battle with liver cancer; the book also shows how I reared Adrienne from the time she was eight until she died at the age of fifteen. For more information about primary liver cancer, go to Blue Faery: The Adrienne Wilson Liver Cancer Association.