Our Orchid bookclub will host a virtual discussion on Sophie Kinsella's final novel to honor her memory. You are warmly welcome to join us: https://www.facebook.com/events/11978...
I just finished the book and below are my thoughts...Have you read her books? ******************************** What Does It Feel Like? leaves a beautiful legacy.
Sophie's honesty shines in the novel she calls her "most autobiographical."
It's moving to read about her experiences with glioblastoma knowing that she succumbed to the illness. At the youthful age of 55.
The insight that the disease is actually harder on her husband especially rocked me.
Despite the seriousness of a terminal illness, Sophie/Maddy's (real name Madeleine Sophie) story has moments of lightness. She writes about the plastic chairs she's asked to sit in, having trouble with short-term memory so her husband has to tell her each day about her diagnosis, laughing with the children over Scrabble, and the magic of buying a silver dress when she should've been writing.
In the afterword, Kinsella says that she wrote this book as therapy for herself. But I imagine it also leaves an intimate portrait for her family. And the rest of us gain from her heart and humor.
Don't miss our Orchid bookclub virtual discussion on Sophie's final novel. Please join author Barbara Conrey and myself on Jan 11th 2pm ET: https://www.facebook.com/events/11978...
I just finished the book and below are my thoughts...Have you read her books?
********************************
What Does It Feel Like? leaves a beautiful legacy.
Sophie's honesty shines in the novel she calls her "most autobiographical."
It's moving to read about her experiences with glioblastoma knowing that she succumbed to the illness. At the youthful age of 55.
The insight that the disease is actually harder on her husband especially rocked me.
Despite the seriousness of a terminal illness, Sophie/Maddy's (real name Madeleine Sophie) story has moments of lightness. She writes about the plastic chairs she's asked to sit in, having trouble with short-term memory so her husband has to tell her each day about her diagnosis, laughing with the children over Scrabble, and the magic of buying a silver dress when she should've been writing.
In the afterword, Kinsella says that she wrote this book as therapy for herself. But I imagine it also leaves an intimate portrait for her family. And the rest of us gain from her heart and humor.
Don't miss our Orchid bookclub virtual discussion on Sophie's final novel. Please join author Barbara Conrey and myself on Jan 11th 2pm ET: https://www.facebook.com/events/11978...