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What Does It Feel Like?
What Does It Feel Like? | Sophie Kinsella
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From #1 bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an unforgettable story--by turns heartbreaking and life-affirming--of a renowned novelist facing a devastating diagnosis and learning to live and love anew. "The bravest book you'll read all year."--Jodi Picoult "What Does It Feel Like? is fiction, but it is my most autobiographical work to date. Eve's story is my story."--Sophie Kinsella 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. "Why did I write such a personal book? I have always processed my life through writing. Hiding behind my fictional characters, I have always turned my own life into a narrative. It is my version of therapy, maybe. Writing is my happy place, and writing this book, although tough going at times, was immensely satisfying and therapeutic for me."--Sophie Kinsella
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MindyK59
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This is a relatively short book but it told such a brave story. It is basically an autobiography by Sophie Kinsella who is currently fighting the same cancer that the main character is fighting. She writes of her experience with diagnosis, acceptance, telling her children, and undergoing treatment. I can‘t imagine going through this and then writing a novel about it. It is definitely a book worth reading and I would highly recommend it.

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NikkiCureton
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Quick read, but a powerful story about dealing with a devastating diagnosis and learning to live with the new reality.

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Hooked_on_books
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I‘ve read lots of SK but decided her books weren‘t really by thing anymore, so I was going to skip this but grabbed it as a skip the line loan on a whim. I went in completely blind and was floored by this bittersweet story. It‘s so good, with an unmissable author‘s note. I had no idea.

Deblovestoread I haven‘t read on of hers in years. Stacked! 3w
squirrelbrain I can imagine this is quite different to her others…. 3w
Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain It‘s very different. In style, length, and inspiration. 3w
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marleed
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Without doubt this is the skinniest BOTM book I‘ve ever purchased, but it was worth every penny. It‘s filled with hope, love, and humor. And yet my tears landed on pages knowing this is only fictional insofar as it‘s written by a successful novelist who wants to retain creative license to her work. 🥰

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monkeygirlsmama
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Fiction mimicing real life! I loved this fictionalized version of Kinsella's own personal story about her life and experience dealing with a cancer diagnosis and recovery. A moving look behind the curtain, so to speak. #audiobook

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ontheBL
What Does It Feel Like? | Sophie Kinsella

"I want to know. I'm a novelist. I'm used to being God. I decide on the ending before I begin."

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janeycanuck
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💔💔💔

SassyPants617 Just finished and I still have tears in my eyes. 2mo
janeycanuck @SassyPants617 It‘s a good thing it was short. I couldn‘t have handled 300 pages of that 😢 2mo
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angel1
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I took a break from murder and mayhem for the day to read this quick fiction/autobiographical novella. It was such a short story but still packed with inspiration, joy, laughter and tears throughout the pages!❤️

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throwmeabook
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Having recently received a breast cancer diagnosis I was fearful of reading Sophie Kinsella‘s autobiographical novella of her brain cancer journey. This beautifully written story of Eve, a writer diagnosed with glioblastoma, is heartbreaking but also honest, hopeful and uplifting. Through the fear of her diagnosis and difficult rehabilitation, Eve faces her circumstances with resilience, positivity and a wonderful sense of humour. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

ravenlee I‘m sorry to hear about your diagnosis, and I wish you the very best in treatment and recovery. 💕💕💕 3mo
dabbe I am so sorry to read of your diagnosis. Sending you 🧡🤎💛 and keeping you in my thoughts. 3mo
BookNAround Many prayers and healing vibes sent your way as you face this scary diagnosis. 3mo
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