As you would expect from a bunch of librarians working together, we often recommend books to each other. However, it is rare that one book gets read by the team and evokes such strong reactions.
"Love Life" by Ray Kluum is such a book. It was in turn harrowing and inspiring, there were tears and rage. I veered between pity and hatred for one of the characters.
To give you an idea, the blurb reads "Dan and Carmen are hip, healthy and wealthy. They have their own companies, plenty of money and friends and are the proud parents of one year-old Luna... They live the cool life in Amsterdam, until beautiful and optimistic Carmen is diagnosed with breast cancer. With that their world transforms into a roller-coaster ride of doctors and hospitals. As his way of coping, the hedonistic Dan faithfully accompanies Carmen to her chemo and radiotherapy treatments, but spends his nocturnal hours crazily immersed in the nightlife and women of Amsterdam and Miami. Love Life is the account of a relationship and a terminal illness, devoid of fake sentiment and told with humour and deep humanity. And it is very much an ode to love."
Certainly something to check out if you want a really strong read.
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