It's not just a turbocharged engine that puts a Saab in front of aVolvo When comparing the Saab 9-3 Linear Sport Sedan to the Volvo S60 2.4 and the Saab 9-5 Arc Sedan to the Volvo S80 2.9, you'll find the Saab has more horse power and cargo room yet costs less! I llh fureerl, Loci v./L A' lour e)ccuce? • Saab 9-5 ARC Sedan Saab 9-3 Linear Sport Sedan ittuArtikeci Imetwir trY co.? $etVer a. 4 rat seq, mar.; MiX3W:kLi , The Saab Sign and Drive Event LEASE A 2004 SAAB 9-3 LINEAR SPORT SEDAN SIGN AND DRIVE '0 '279 DUE AT LEASE INCEPTION LEASE A 2004 SAAB 9-5 ARC SEDAN SIGN AND DRIVE Tax We & plates extra first month lease payment pad by SAAB CARS USA Loa No sec dep. required MO./36 MO* DUE AT LEASE INCEPTION 950 Tax title & plates extra, first month lease payment paid by SAAB CARS USA. tric No sec dep. recitired MO./48 MO* woo mr.teregs Welcome to the "I Had Brain Surgery ..." captures the feelings of helplessness and anxiety that accompany serious medical diagnoses and procedures — with a healthy dollop of humor. Becker questioned whether drawing cartoons about having a large growth removed from her brain was in good taste. This guilt was compounded by the fact that Pat, her neighbor across the hall at the Bunting Institute, had lost a sister to brain cancer. In her book, she remembers telling Pat it was "weird how our offices ended up next door to each other." "Makes it hard to forget how lucky I am," she told the other woman, who'd taken a sabbatical from her job as a dean at Barnard College to accept the fellowship. "I wonder all the time if I would've been able to write this book, if I would've thought any of it was funny, if things had turned out differently." Pat's answer: "Of course you would have. Maybe not the book, but you're the same person — if you use humor to deal with things, that's how you'd deal with them." After hearing her read an excerpt from her book, Becker's mother react- ed with relief. "I'm going to tell my friend Rosemary she can stop pray- ing," she said. 0 Suzy Becker will speak about her experiences and sign copies of her book I Had Brain Surgery, What's Your Excuse? 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, as part of the Detroit Public Library's "Authors @ Main" series. The library is located at 5201 Woodward Avenue, in Detroit. No charge. For more information, call the library's Cultural Affairs Department, (313) 833-4042. EmMUSWO. state of independence , • if ."'