A truly beautiful and inspirational novel, a piece of fiction based of the Author's own battles and thoughts through her own battles.
We follow Keira through her battle, not only with breast cancer but through the battle of friendships and work-ships and through family life. In her writing, Lloyd has brought together the fears that any woman could have when the word cancer is mentioned. With it, it brings the thought of death and the fear of what could happen with the family. Who would take care of the children, the husband, the dog. Are people going to look at me differently or treat me like I'm a virus which could be caught?
The Cancer Ladies' Running Club is the novel that has been waiting to be written for years and Josie Lloyd has finally gotten it out in the world, a book which covers such a taboo subject and holds a dose of reality that others seem to be scared of writing.
We follow Keira through her battle, not only with breast cancer but through the battle of friendships and work-ships and through family life. In her writing, Lloyd has brought together the fears that any woman could have when the word cancer is mentioned. With it, it brings the thought of death and the fear of what could happen with the family. Who would take care of the children, the husband, the dog. Are people going to look at me differently or treat me like I'm a virus which could be caught?
The Cancer Ladies' Running Club is the novel that has been waiting to be written for years and Josie Lloyd has finally gotten it out in the world, a book which covers such a taboo subject and holds a dose of reality that others seem to be scared of writing.