Like most autobiographies, this falls into the classic trap of self-indulgence and of not knowing what to include or to exclude. This is both exacerbated and caused by a lack of thematic purpose in the telling.
Despite the first-person narrative, there is little insight into struggling with cancer and so we are confronted with un-empathetic characters who would much rather whine than confront their actual existential problems. The movie American Splendor handles the same couple with more humor, warmth and truth.
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