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bickie's review
5.0
Real and raw, this book had me laughing and crying along with Tyler/Tylie as she shares an unvarnished look at her mother's diagnosis with ovarian cancer, treatment, death, funeral, and life up to 10 years beyond when the book was written. Most appropriate for 12-20-year-olds, it would be fine for 10-year-olds or 20+ers who are going through losing a parent. Tyler has anxiety and is secular Jewish. Illustrations of random crowds include Black and brown people, women in hijabs, and people in wheelchairs.
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later identified as uterinebexxa12345's review
5.0
I read this book because I lost my mom in January of 2020 to reasons unrelated to covid. I was 17 years old and didn't know what to do. My life was thrusted into uncharted territory and I still don't quite know what to do. I have had to force stop myself from sobbing in school because this book just hit too close to home. It feels good to know that someone actually gets it and having something that shows you aren't grieving abnormally, even if those around you may think so. The part where she went back to her dorm after everything happened is so relatable and even a year and 5 months later, I still do that. I'll look at a picture and think, "I had a mom when I took this." or at something I bought and think, "I had a mom when I bought this." My life has also separated to the before and after and I don't know when it will not be. I also can't remember my mom's voice that well and the only bit I can remember is what her voice sounded like when she was annoyed or yelling at my brother for something he did.Thank you for writing this.
lizziaha's review
lighthearted
sad
4.25
It feels odd to call a book about grief lighthearted, but that’s what this was. I think it really captured the complexities of grief. It was still a gut-punch, but there were little quips and moments of levity that made the whole book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, Death, and Cancer
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Fatphobia