A review by jennaclarek
The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde

5.0

i don't even know if i have the proper words to express how meaningful this book is. it's a book i need to buy and a book i want to keep with me for the rest of my life, regardless of what life-threatening illnesses find their way to me. it's always difficult to actually sit with mortality, and since i still am so young i know that a lot of this hasn't hit me just yet...but i think reading it now and returning to it later in the future will be so important.

it's easy to live in fear and to let things like cancer dictate how you live, but i think more than anything this book strives to raise awareness while also reminding you that no matter what, you only get this one life and whatever time you get is a gift. but we should not stop at just living. we need to speak up as well.

i really cannot wait to pick up more of audre's works in the future. wow.