«Generous, engaging and laugh-out-loud funny, Fox's memoir is a reminder that the willingness to share experience, good, bad, and sometimes bloody terrifying, is one of the best parts of what makes us human»

Julie Myerson

«Part journal, part pitch-black comedy, this extraordinary account of childhood abandonment and life-threatening illness is also a painfully intelligent meditation on vulnerability»

Rachel Cusk

«An unexpectedly optimistic and at times funny story of hope, warmth, and the vitality of love.»

Helena Lee, Harper's Bazaar

«Fox is a brilliant storyteller and a beautiful writer.»

Anna van Praaghe, Evening Standard

«Delightful and moving… Fox’s writing brims with joie de vivre.»

Alice O'Keefe, Spectator

«Candid and optimistic.»

Fanny Blake, Woman & Home

«A cordial, confiding narrator.»

Sarah Crown, Guardian

«Remarkably readable wit and flair.»

Helen Brown, Daily Telegraph

«An original and wonderful book.»

Allison Pearson, The Sunday Telegraph

«A witty, life-affirming book.»

Valerie Grove, The Oldie

«This spirited memoir of her journey into remission weaves together stories of her unconventional, orphan childhood with poignant reflections on motherhood, art, and literature.»

Lorna Bradbury, World of Cruising

«Genevieve Fox writes about cancer without cliché. Hers is a feat of endurance, not a journey.»

Harriet Baker, The Times Literary Supplement