This was a perfectly lovely novella that Kinsella published. Based on her true life events, this story follows a writer named Eve that hits it big and then wakes up one day in the hospital and finds out that a huge malignant tumor was removed from her brain. "What Does It Feel Like?" follows her on her journey.

I have to say that this whole book made me recall what my family went through when my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was in high school. It's a surreal feeling of having dark thoughts and also still being able to laugh at dumb stuff. I think Kinsella really hit the right notes in this one.

I liked what we get from Eve in the before parts of the story. She's a woman who is in love with her husband and is delighted with her 5 children. She switches up her planned book to something that ends up catapulting her to fame and fortune. And then she wakes up in the hospital with no memory of how she got there. The book is heartbreaking at times when you read about what her family and husband goes through since her short term memory is gone. And then what the after stage looks for them and even the fear stuff of what happens if the tumor comes back or she doesn't survive chemo or radiation. Honestly though, this book is just a wonderful love story about her husband and children. And what every person I think goes through when they realize they may not be there to see how your ending goes, whether it's watching your kids graduate school, get married, get their first job, first car, and when they have their children. 

Be warned, you will want some tissues nearby.