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beau69's review against another edition
hopeful
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5.0
devastating dear lord she had so much life and energy and all i did was read about it i cannot imagine what it mustve been like to know her
betseyboo's review against another edition
3.0
This was not an easy book to read and is not for everyone, which is why I gave it three stars. This is purely about Radner's fight against ovarian cancer. There is no humor, just her candid account of her personal experiences. As Ranganathan's Laws of Library Science states, "Every book its reader," and this law definitely applies to this book.
pbraue13's review against another edition
4.0
A triumph and inspiring journey through one of America's finest comedians and her fight with ovarian cancer! Quite the tear jerker!
cindyjac's review against another edition
4.0
Read for the 2017 Reading Challenge prompt A Book about an Interesting Woman. Courageous cancer fight; tough story. I had to take a lot of YouTube breaks to watch her old skits on SNL.
sfstagewalker's review against another edition
3.0
It's difficult to review a memoir of someone battling with cancer, as Gilda's journey is uniquely her own as is her voice. That being said, this book falls squarely in the three stars range. I appreciate Gilda's willingness to show herself in all lights, although her constant battling against her own doctors made it difficult as a reader.
Knowing that Gilda died shortly after (before?) the publication of the book adds a particular poignancy to it. We know the ending, and know how quickly it was coming. We know in advance that no matter how good or bad the odds, Gilda is not going to win this fight, and that makes her hope and her despair equally painful.
I'm glad I read it, but I don't think I'll be going back to it.
Knowing that Gilda died shortly after (before?) the publication of the book adds a particular poignancy to it. We know the ending, and know how quickly it was coming. We know in advance that no matter how good or bad the odds, Gilda is not going to win this fight, and that makes her hope and her despair equally painful.
I'm glad I read it, but I don't think I'll be going back to it.