Many thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster | Summit Books for gifting me a digital ARC of the debut novel by Katie Yee. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 5 stars!
A man and a woman walk into a restaurant. The woman expects a lovely night with her husband. Instead, he tells her he's having an affair with a woman named Maggie. Then she finds out she has breast cancer and decides to name the tumor Maggie.
First, how could you not want to read a book with this title? And that cover? I really loved this quiet, introspective novel as the narrator (unnamed) walks through her new life as a single mom and breast cancer patient. But the best part is it never goes into the blaming, hating, nasty way it easily could, but instead she deals with her feelings internally, with humor and sadness, and with only one close friend she relies on. She even goes so far to make a list for Maggie (the woman) of things she should know about her husband. She acknowledges the good in her husband, his abilities as a father, even while she is hurting. She talks to Maggie (her tumor) as she learns to live with her. And there are beautiful Chinese folk stories told to her children at night, passed down from her own mother. All the stars for this book - highly recommended!
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