God said, "Ha!" by Julia Sweeney After a divorce made in heaven, Sweeney moves into her own apartment, contentedly settles in with her three cats, and life looks good. And then her brother Mike's ulcer turns out to be lymph cancer in stage four. There are only four stages, and Mike's doctor tells him, "If I were you, I'd start praying." Mike moves in with Julia, as do her parents, and Sweeney's peaceful life is turned upside down.
Chapters are 5 to 6 pages long, and each is a zappy sort of monologue.Photographs accompany every chapter. Numerous chapters are flashbacks or details on a topic not covered further. The tone is comedic and the subject is sad, and surprisingly, this works. With cancer as a focus, this story is not about cancer; it is the human condition, death and laughter hand in hand.
Happy reading.
