Reading Time: 5 minutes Markus Zuzak’s latest book, Bridge of Clay, is a much anticipated story about how 5 young brothers survive trauma and loss. While many have eagerly waited for the follow up to his 2005 bestseller, The Book Thief, Zuzak’s latest book has already had its fair share of negative reviews. By virtue of its length (592 pages), reading it is…
Reading Time: 4 minutes We all have guilty pleasures we turn to when we’re sick and, like most people, I’ve managed to keep mine very well hidden. I’ve been sick for 5 weeks now. I have asthma so, when I went to the doctor with a bad cough and breathing problems, the diagnosis seemed fairly obvious. Three courses of…
Reading Time: 4 minutes My step-dad* has follicular lymphoma that morphed into the more aggressive diffuse b-cell lymphoma. Yesterday he went into hospital for a month long stem cell treatment. There was a 6% chance his cancer mutate. He now has a 30% chance of survival. There’s a 2% chance he’ll never make it out of hospital. My mother…