What Does It Feel Like?

　　《購物狂的異想世界》金索拉半自傳式小說，最真摯溫柔的生命之歌

　　「今年最勇敢的一本小說」—茱蒂．皮考特
　　「只有蘇菲．金索拉能夠讓你一邊落淚、一邊大笑。」—泰勒．詹金斯．芮德

　　伊芙是位成功的小說家。然而這天，她發現自己從病床上醒過來，但她對於自己為什麼躺在這張病床上毫無記憶。一直守護在她身邊的丈夫上前向她解釋，她剛剛動完一個手術，腦中巨大的惡性腫瘤已經被成功移除。

　　於是伊芙開始重新學習走路、學習說話、學習寫作，她努力和自己的診斷結果拼搏，思索著該如何將噩耗告知心愛的孩子們。她也開始慢慢回憶起來，那些對於自己最重要的事：和丈夫彼此緊緊牽著手散步、和家人玩遊戲、買下美麗的新洋裝。

　　金索拉於2022年宣布罹患腦癌後寫下這本144頁的小說，描述一位全球知名作家在罹癌後辛苦接受手術、化療、復健的過程。透過簡短的章節，試圖對抗癌過程中遇到的人生難題提出解答。Goodreads讀者群表示這本書令人動容，在生死別離之際依舊能夠展現無比的溫柔和幽默感，是金索拉最真摯的禮物。(文／博客來外文館)

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - From #1 bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an unforgettable story--by turns heartbreaking and life-affirming--of a renowned novelist facing a devastating diagnosis and learning to live and love anew.

＂The bravest book you’ll read all year.＂--Jodi Picoult

＂Only Sophie Kinsella can make you laugh like this while she’s got you crying.＂--Taylor Jenkins Reid

＂What Does It Feel Like? is fiction, but it is my most autobiographical work to date. Eve’s story is my story.＂--Sophie Kinsella

Eve is a successful novelist who wakes up one day in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. Her husband, never far from her side, explains that she has had an operation to remove the large, malignant tumor growing in her brain.

As Eve learns to walk, talk, and write again--and as she wrestles with her diagnosis, and how and when to explain it to her beloved children--she begins to recall what’s most important to her: long walks with her husband’s hand clasped firmly around her own, family game nights, and always buying that dress when she sees it.

Recounted in brief anecdotes, each one is an attempt to answer the type of impossible questions recognizable to anyone navigating the labyrinth of grief. This short, extraordinary novel is a celebration of life, shot through with warmth and humor--it will both break your heart and put it back together again.

＂Why did I write such a personal book? I have always processed my life through writing. Hiding behind my fictional characters, I have always turned my own life into a narrative. It is my version of therapy, maybe. Writing is my happy place, and writing this book, although tough going at times, was immensely satisfying and therapeutic for me.＂--Sophie Kinsella

Sophie Kinsella is a writer and former financial journalist. She is the #1 bestselling author of Can You Keep a Secret?, The Undomestic Goddess, Remember Me?, Twenties Girl, I’ve Got Your Number, Wedding Night, My Not So Perfect Life, Surprise Me, The Burnout, the hugely popular Shopaholic novels, and the young adult novel Finding Audrey. She lives in the UK with her husband and family.