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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Towards the hospital waiting room

A Story about Cancer with a Happy Ending by India Desjardins

August 30, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

We know there will be a happy ending in A Story about Cancer with a Happy Ending, as the title tells us that. Therefore this Columbo-like story (if you know what that means, we can be friends) by India Desjardins (and Solange Ouellet is the translator) of knowing the ending, but seeing how the characters get there, does not have a surprise at the end, but it does have an emotion that has not been felt for a while in these characters lives: Hope.  Told […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: cancer, family, illnesses, India Desjardins, parents, Social Themes, Solange Ouellet

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:421 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: cancer, family, illnesses, India Desjardins, parents, Social Themes, Solange Ouellet ·
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