Confessions of a Shopaholic author Sophie Kinsella, 54, undergoing treatment for brain cancer
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Anonymous
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This one hurts. Mother of 5.
I enjoyed her stories back in the day and hate to hear this for her. |
Anonymous
| Man, I loved her books growing up. Reading them as a pre-teen and teen, she provided such a wonderful, warm and funny escape from life as I dealt with mean-girls |
Anonymous
| Oh that's horrible. I've just read that its a glioblastoma. The worst of the worst. |
Anonymous
| My BIL was recently diagnosed with a brain cancer at a similar age. I HATE CANCER. |
Anonymous
| Sad to see that. I have read many of her books. |
Anonymous
| So sorry to hear this. Thanks OP for letting us know. |
Anonymous
| Why oh why oh why?? This breaks my heart. F cancer. |
Anonymous
| Oh no! Sorry to hear this! |
Anonymous
| This is so sad. I had an extended family member pass away from glioblastoma last year. They survived almost 4 years after the initial diagnosis, but the end was very hard. It is truly a horrible disease. I wish her peace. |
Anonymous
| This is so sad. I literally read this news on my way home from a funeral for a friend who was diagnosed with glioblastoma last year, and died this weekend. This is the second cancer funeral in six months for young (40's/50's) friends. |
Anonymous
My dad just passed from this a few weeks ago and only made it a few months despite doing all the recommended treatments. The ONLY good thing was that he was 84 when diagnosed instead of 54. |
Anonymous
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She was diagnosed a year or more ago and just announced this. I’m very sad for her and her family and kind of shook by the news.
I love her books and find them very charming - they always pick me up from a mood and I love that her lead characters are less than perfect, they feel relatable. |
Anonymous
Anonymous
| So sad. Peace to her family. |
Anonymous
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Very sad - I read a lot of her books and so did my now adult daughter (who is a bit like the shopaholic character!).
Amazing that she lived 3 years after the diagnosis. I have a friend who lived for 2 years and that was much longer than the prognosis. |