3.5 Stars

I received a copy of this book from Penguin Random House Ireland in exchange for an honest review.

Louise McSharry is an Irish radio personality and is known for her documentary which showed her fight against cancer. She has since recovered, married and now has written a bok about what it's like to have cancer, grow up with a dysfunctional family and being fat when everyone else is skinny.

I quite enjoyed this book. McSharry's writing was really relatable and she didn't have any airs or 'notions' as we would say in Ireland. She was just an ordinary woman, who sometimes appears on The Late Late Show, talking about her life. I didn't know a whole lot about McSharry going into the book except about her cancer and that she was on the radio so learning about her tough childhood and dealing with an alcoholic mother was interesting. The tough parts in this book are interrupted now and again with laugh out loud humour which is simple but really enjoyable - such as McSharry being hospitalised during her cancer treatment for severe constipation and her friends telling her she was "full of shit." I also enjoyed McSharry's battle for body acceptance and learning to love the body she is in and as a young woman myself I definitely understand those struggles. I also really loved reading about McSharry's views on IVF and fertilization as knowing that she is pregnant now, her words ring really lovely and sweet.

Overall I enjoyed this book for a quick, relatable read.