Sunshine

Norma Klein “Request the book from your library. It’s based on a true story (tapes that a young mom with bone cancer leaves as her legacy to her toddler daughter). She was diagnosed in the early 70s at age around 19, I think. Refused amputation (didn’t want her baby to know her as a ‘cripple’). Took radiation and chemo until she could no longer tolerate the nausea and weakness. She eventually died from the lung mets (as her doc predicted) a few years later. Despite the tragic outcome and her pitiful struggle (she lives with her boyfriend, who eventually leaves her for a while, then comes back), she writes with gentleness, beautiful prose and poetry. At the end she is full of wisdom and grace but fear of leaving her daughter and yearning for all the love she missed out on from her own mother. A must read….. 5 stars.” (Review by an online parent.)