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 anyone 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.
Kindle Edition, 140 pages
Expected publication October 8, 2024
by The Dial Press
5/5 stars
This was a quick read coming in around 140 pages. I finished it in the morning and could not read anything else for the rest of the day. I went into it with the author's quote in mind.
“What Does It Feel Like? is fiction,
but it is my most autobiographical work to date.
Eve’s story is my story.”—Sophie Kinsella
Knowing this was an autobiographical story made it all the more personal, gripping and heartbreaking.
What Does It Feel Like? is a powerful story of resilience, love and patience. It’s one that has stayed with me over the past week. An insight into what the author has gone through with honesty and heart.
There aren't words to describe how I felt reading this book, Jodi Picoult sums it up perfectly.
“The bravest book you’ll read all year.”—Jodi Picoult
My thanks to The Dial Press for a digital arc in exchange for a honest review.
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