"What Does It Feel Like?" By Sophie Kinsella

Give me a good novella! A book you can read in one day,and feel enriched and changed for the better. "What Does It Feel Like?" is the story of a fictional novelist named Eve who wakes up in a hospital bed, confused. Her husband explains she has just had brain surgery, to remove a malignant tumor. Eve then struggles with how to deal with the diagnosis and tell her children. Thus begins this novella by best-selling and very prolific author Sophie Kinsella. While the story stands on its own as a thoughtful meditation on being diagnosed with cancer, there is a twist. In 2022, Kinsella was diagnosed with glioblastoma. She kept the diagnosis secret for a while from her fans and readers, in order to let her children adjust to the "new normal" of having a sick mom. Kinsell, whose real name is Madeleine Sophie Wickham, has 5 children with her husband, Henry. So, the thread of this book lives very close to home for the author. She said she wrote the book to help make sense of the diagnosis and how it changed, and altered, her outlook on life and death. She began to appreciate life with new eyes and a more sensitive heart. The author is currently getting treatment in London. You can follow her here @sophiekinsellawriter  To buy this book on Amazon click here.