
“Eve is a successful novelist who wakes up one day in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. Her husband, never far from her side, explains that she has had an operation to remove the large, malignant tumor growing in her brain. As Eve learns to walk, talk, and write again-and as she wrestles with her diagnosis, and how and when to explain it to her beloved children-she begins to recall what’s most important to her: long walks with her husband’s hand clasped firmly around her own, family game nights, and always buying that dress when she sees it. Recounted in brief anecdotes, each one is an attempt to answer the type of impossible questions recognizable to any one navigating the labyrinth of grief. This short, extraordinary novel is a celebration of life, shot through with warmth and humor-it will both break your heart and put it back together again.” – from the publisher.
Even though the story centers around Eve’s illness, the story isn’t overly medical and focuses instead on her healing, facing her own mortality, and discovering what is truly important in life.
Sophie Kinsella, who also writes as Madeleine Wickham, is well known for her stories of fish out of water with women finding themselves and maybe love while in a strange setting, but with What Does It Feel Like, Kinsella takes a personal turn, sharing a fictionalized version of her own true story.
What Does It Feel Like is a short read that will make you appreciate life. It is available in hardcover through the library and eBook and eAudiobook through Libby.
Similar reads include Left Neglected by Lisa Genova and What looks like bravery: an epic journey through loss to love by Laurel Braitman.
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