A Life Made of Lava (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780639844756)

How do you take care of them after you're gone?

Evie Danvers has three beautiful, if slightly out of control, children; a stray cat named Dr. Moxley and a best friend who drinks unapologetically at 9 a.m. Evie also has stage four bone cancer and a gallows sense of humour that drives her husband, Nick, demented.

Nick wants Evie to fight. Evie, on the other hand, is almost ready to die. This is not Evie's first rodeo. She kicked her cancer twice before. But this time around, Evie knows it's a battle she can't win. Instead, she focuses on avoiding her oncologist, playing wicked pranks on her mother-in-law and getting her affairs in order, which includes hiring a nanny to take care of the kids after she's gone.

Having Julia Soanes in his house would not have been Nick's first choice. Julia smells of memories. And sex. Something Nick hasn't had in a while. Nick's moral objections, however, are short-lived. The woman he loves is dying. He can honor her dying wish.

Can't he?

"Evie's zest for life as she slowly succumbs to her inevitable death is a thing of fictional beauty!" Sharon V, Kween B, lifestyle Blogger. ★★★★★

"You are guaranteed to laugh and cry!" Bashful Reader. ★★★★★

"Be warned - DO NOT read this book in public. There will be sobbing." Robyn A. ★★★★★