Side Effects: Essays on Cancer, Caregiving, and Finding Magic in the Ordinary (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798218862763)

Kate's life was going exactly as planned: living in Buenos Aires, raising her two small boys, on the cusp of a writing career, and her husband pioneering a new path in the Air Force. This collection of essays begins where the plan falls apart. Author Kate Reimann reveals the heartbreak and wonder of her subliminal quest to find life's beauty after her husband's cancer diagnosis. Her raw insights on fear and joy as she explores caregiving, cancer, marriage, parenthood, and resilience will resonate with anyone who has ever lived through a moment where everything felt wrong. In spite of, or perhaps because of, the diagnosis, these essays capture pockets of joy, slivers of light - and even a little bit of magic.