Cancer is prevalent in my family and nobody is getting younger. I found that reading fiction has always helped me emotionally, but this is entirely new territory for me.
I do not necessarily want a self-help book that feels like therapy. I am more so looking for fictional texts that reflect on the emotional process that comes with watching family members reach the final stages of their life. I have no idea how to handle these new emotions, but I would appreciate some books on this topic, just to help me understand, or give me a third-person perspective of what I am experiencing in first-person. It would be greatly appreciated.
by sleeping-stargazing
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Grief is the thing with feathers by max porter
I’m going to recommend something I haven’t read. My recommendation is based on other writings of C.S. Lewis and my admiration for the man.
{{Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis}} is his collection of essays based on journal entries made following the death of his wife.
I wish the best for you and your family.
Books by Lisa Genova. You may know her as the author of Still Alice (Alzheimer’s), but she has also written books about Huntingtons, brain injuries, ALS, autism, and an about to be released novel about bipolar disorder. Not all of these are exactly what you are looking for, but the topic and sensitivity of how life-altering diseases change and challenge our lives seems to be what you are looking for.
‘Liliana’s invincible Summer’ is amazing.
The Tongue Set Free and the sequels by Elias Canetti, Garden, Ashes by Danilo Kiš, A Briefing for a Descent Into Hell by Doris Lessing