My friend Stacey read this book and recommended it, but she had a library copy so she couldn't lend it to me, so I requested it from my library because it sounded really interesting. It is a tiny little novella, but it's really good and really packs a punch and I would definitely recommend it.
It's a semi-autobiographical novel about Sophie's own life. She was a massively popular author whose Shopaholic books got made into a film (maybe more, I don't know, I didn't read much of her stuff) and she died of a brain tumour in 2024 I think. This book is about an author called Eve who buys a dress to wear on the red carpet for the premiere of her film. She's successful, she's happily married, and she has five gorgeous children.
Then she wakes up in hospital with no memory of how she got there. It turns out she has a malignant brain tumour that has grown huge. She has to learn how to walk, talk, and write again. She has to work out how to tell her beautiful children that their mum will die. She has to be reminded about what has happened by her husband, who is faithfully by her side.
This is a tiny book, a novella really, and it's told in little vignettes which tell Eve's story. There's a few pages which have text messages from Eve's family and friends, which I liked the inclusion of. It's a powerful little book and I'm giving it five out of five.
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