Summary: 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
(Pub Date: Oct 08, 2024)
