This book is part anecdotal memoir, part graphic novel. The author, Teva Harrison, shares through her words and her images what it's like to have Stage 4 cancer. Her writing is vulnerable and honest. She doesn't sugar coat things. She shares her fears and grief as well as her joy. I think it would be an excellent read for someone who is fighting the fight against cancer.

In-Between Days: A Memoir About Living with Cancer is everything you'd expect a graphic novel about living with cancer to be: sad, beautiful and grim. Harrison's story reflects on her life, her diagnosis and her family as she explains to readers what her reality of living with stage four cancer means both on a daily basis and in the long term. The topic may seem unusual for a graphic novel (or a graphic novel may seem unusual for such a serious topic ) if you're not used to the format, but Harrison's art connects so closely with her words. I'm so glad I read this book.



I received a copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.

Cool art and story for this one. I'd recommend to the right audience.

How do you write about cancer? How do you write about incurable cancer? And how do you write about Stage IV cancer? Teva, the author, approaches with sadness, and thoughtfulness, and the thoughts that one things when faced with all that.

She is an atheist. She joins a group of other stage IV cancer patients and finds she doesn't relate. She doesn't believe in the afterlife. She believes in kindness.

This book isn't so much a story of her life, but thoughts on that mortality of her life. How do you explain that your life is made up of fighting for your life, without making that all the people think of you? When she does small talk, what does she say? Her illness is not visible. No one gives her their seat on the subway.

Very striking book. Dying of cancer is not a fun thing, and there is no real fun in this. Just insight, and thoughtfulness. The cartoons are mixed with short stories about what each cartoon means.

This book is for those curious about how people live with cancer.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.