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Aug 16, 2018SCL_AdultSummerGame rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Raw and real. This novel explores the diagnosis of a terminal disease on a hard-working family and the fall out that ensues. Heartbreaking but at the same time hopeful as to what the human spirit can endure. The author is able to write human emotion in such an honest and gut-wrenching way. She did characterize the Catholic faith as Hollywood usually does, all statues and commandments but it works inside the walls of the O'Brien family, an Irish Catholic/Boston generation. Inside the O'Briens is as good as "Still Alice" kudos to Genova for getting it right again. ...the suffering and the joy of life. NF