Right from the beginning Author's Note MAchintosh hits your with emotion and never lets up. This one is painful and hopeful, and happy and sad. It is not a light read, so keep your kleenex close.

t’s almost impossible to fathom. Your child, your little boy is sick, he has cancer. Surely that can’t be right, adults and old people get cancer, but a child? It’s just not fair. Max and Pip have to face the ugly truth, their son is very ill and he will need treatment to extend his life. The treatment will be ugly, painful and have terrible side effects, but it’s worth it to have more time with their son, surely? This book will break your heart, you will read about children and parents who discuss cancer and its treatment like they are discussing the weather, or the outcome of a baseball game. You will have a ringside seat to the small triumphs and the major setbacks and you will cry. Mackintosh makes you care, makes you question what you would do if you were in the same situation, and makes you thank all the stars above that you are not.