Though the title to this review sounds a bit snarky, I enjoyed this novel, even while recognizing the formulas at work—“magic” sick person helps healthy person learn how to live and British class boundaries “magically” disappear in the face of a terminal illness. It’s the story of an unlikely friendship between Annie and Polly.  Thirty-five-year-old Annie is mired in a life she never imagined herself living—working a job she hates, sharing a cramped flat with a roommate she barely knows, and dealing with a mother […]