Author: Rebecca Serle

This book came highly recommended by Kathryn with a warning that there might be a “trigger” for me in the story. I assured her that I could manage whatever came up.

As I read, and waited for the “trigger”, I was struck by this particular paragraph:

“Here is the thing no one tells you about cancer: they ease you into it. After the initial shock, after the diagnosis and the terror, they put you on the slow conveyor belt. They start you off nice and easy. You want some lemon water with that chemo? You got it. Radiation? No problem, everyone does it, it’s practically weed. We’ll serve you those chemicals with a smile. You’ll love them, you’ll see.”

Having come out on the other side of my diagnosis it seems a good way to describe the ordeal.