Kimberly Davis Basso

It doesn’t feel quite right to say this was hilarious. An account of a forty-four-year-young woman’s experience of a stroke shouldn’t be funny, should it? Shouldn’t it be sad, unfortunate, hopeful, informative, inspiring? Well, it’s all those things. But, BUT…Basso has a wicked, wicked sense of humour which she injects into this diary of her unpleasant experience. Hilarious yes, but you laugh WITH her, not at her.

I don’t read many books like this…so, not only to be persuaded but then actually enjoy them means they must be special.

Once you get over the shock of someone so young (a fact shared by pretty much all the medical staff who treated Basso) having a stroke, you sit very comfortably by Basso as she relates the months from her post-breakfast trauma and her journey through treatment and recovery.

She shrouds virtually the whole thing in a veil of comedy but puts her serious hat on at the end to spell out what such an event entails and what you can learn from it.

Basso writes very articulately, but at the same time, there's an endearing chattiness in her narrative ,and you almost feel Basso is there beside you telling you all about it. She's wonderfully witty...I'd love to meet her. This really was a pleasure to read
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While, I am not a mom, I still found this book hilarious. I have babysat a lot and took care of my nephews and niece throughout the years. Only to watch them grow up. I know it is not the same as being a mom caring for your own children. Although, I could imagine all of the emotions that Kimberly must have been experiencing during these life moments.

So, it just goes to show you that you don't really have to be a mom to enjoy this book. Yet, you will probably enjoy this book a lot more if you are a mom. There will be so many times throughout the book that you will find yourself saying "Yes, I can relate to that".

This book would make a good book club discussion book or handed out to teenagers at sex education class. Do they even do that class anymore. Haha. Either way, this book is one to pick up.… (plus d'informations)