If youve seen Tig Notaros Netflix documentaryTigor her HBO stand-up special, or listened to her comedy albumLive, then youre likely already familiar with her story: During four months in 2012, she contracted a painful intestinal disease, her mother died suddenly, she went through a breakup, andthen, after all that, she was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer.
Whats almost as impressive as Notaros now-thriving career and personal life is the fact that shes still finding new ways to approach the same dreadful subject with her deadpan wit.
This slim memoir takes an interior view, focusing far more on her thoughts and familial relationships than on her stand-up or fertility struggles, and adding more depth and emotion to an already mind-boggling series of events.A
