Almost Family: A Novel

Liz Millanova, a stage four cancer patient, attends Mercy's Thriving Survivors group at a Nordstrom's employee training lounge. She forms an unlikely friendship with two other patients, Dave and Rhonda, and they decide to ditch the group and meet on their own. They call themselves the Oakland Mets and plan outings to enjoy life while they can. Through their odd intimacy, Liz learns to open up and get close, acknowledge and let go of the dysfunction in her marriage, and repair her relationship with her daughter.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 28 May 2024
Publisher: She Writes Press

Liz Millanova, a woman with stage four cancer, a grown daughter who doesn't speak to her, and obsessive memories of a relationship that tore apart her marriage, attends a hospital-sponsored group called Mercy's Thriving Survivors in a less depressing location: a Nordstrom's employee training lounge. There, Liz hits it off with two other patients, Dave, a gay Vietnam vet, and Rhonda, a devout, nice woman who is hiding a family secret and finds peace in a gospel choir. Together, they plan outings to hear jazz, enjoy nature, and tour Alcatraz. In the odd intimacy they form, Liz learns to open up and get close, acknowledge and let go of the dysfunction in her marriage, and repair her relationship with her daughter. They join forces to have a good time, but what they wind up doing is helping one another come to grips with terminal cancer and resolve the unfinished business in their lives.

Dimension: 215 x 139 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781647426668