The Book of Dahlia by Eliza Albert was surprisingly good. It's the story of a very angry selfish 29 year old woman, Dahlia, who is diagnosed with a terminal brain cancer and how she copes. There are no feel good messages or uplifting moments so it comes across as a very honest look at what she's made of her life and death. Even though it's about someone dying it is very very funny, Dahlia has the same flip voice and humor as the young woman in the film Juno.
(You may notice from it's bright and shiny cover that I got it from the library. It's the new austerity. I expect I'll bump into Bernie Madoff when I drop it off. Sadly the new austerity was tossed aside for the old prosperity when I ordered a copy on Amazon to send to a friend.)
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