Jennifer R. (chirey) - , reviewed on 1/24/2011 + 117 more book reviews

First of all VERY short book.....220 pages but the book is only 7.5" x 5.5". and most pages are only a few words. I read it in under an hour. Received and reposted the same day.
I did not like the book. First of all, even an on call doctor has some time off. The daughter is in school (15 years old) and spend all her time going to her friends or babysitting. They must live in a small community because the girl is doing all the grocery shopping (walking there?) even before the sickness. The fact that they NEVER see each other is a little beyond reality. If your mother is diagnosed with a terminal illness I think the babysitting and studying with a friend can wait! Besides that, mom is sooooo tired and weak in one note yet back to work or out for a walk/run the next. Somehow they are always "just" missing each other. And everytime they are together for an evening they are fighting. Really?
I am not a sappy, sad stories make me cry type of person, so maybe it is just me.
Cancer is serious and I feel making light of it by this series of notes as communication was too light for the subject. Obviously this book was not my "cup of tea".

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