Summary of this Book... | ||
The varied events in the lives of Joyce and Harvey in 1990. They had housing problems and eventually bought a house. Joyce attended a Peace Conference, and kept in touch with some of the kids she met there. Harvey found that a lump in his groin wasn't going away, instead it was getting bigger. Joyce went to visit some of her new friends in Israel - about the time Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. Harvey finally went to a doctor about the lump, and had to have surgery. He then chose the fast (and harsh) course of chemotherapy. | ||
I especially liked... | ||
The honest way the story was told. The good and the bad were all portrayed - things that did work out well, and the many things that didn't; the good moods and the bad; the side effects of the treatment and the cheering things that happened along the way. | ||
I didn't like... | ||
It was hard to work out the sequences of the pictures on some pages - it just took a little more study to work it out. | ||
When I finished reading this Book I wanted to... | ||
Look up some of the authors' other comics. | ||
This Book made me feel... | ||
A little more aware of what those with serious illness have to go through, and how quite ordinary, fallible people can win through difficult situations. | ||
The author of this Book... | ||
The authors worked with the artist, Frank Stack, who did a brilliant job of illustrating the story, conveying the actions and moods effectively. | ||
I recommend this Book because... | ||
It tells, in a very readable way, what many people have to go through. | ||
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Created Jul 09, 2002 at 11:54pm •
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