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Your world both slows down and speeds up your sense of normalcy is forever changed. I do not know how it feels to be diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, but I do know how devastating it is to be diagnosed with Stage 3 esophageal cancer. I knew exactly what Harrison was talking about and, at the same time, was struck by the originality of her insight. Mostly, I do that." At that point, I nodded, smiled and agreed yet again with her dead-on accurate observations. In the final panel, she says, "I have cancer.

How do you respond when a stranger asks, "And what do you do?" Her various answers ("I'm on sabbatical" or "I'm on leave from work") feel wrong, a bit awkward. Teva Harrison's In-Between Days lives up to that potential, and then some.Ībout two-thirds of the way through her beautiful and often arresting account of living and dying with metastatic breast cancer, a mix of words and black-and-white illustrations, comes a drawing that captures the reality of attempting small talk while dealing with a terminal illness. Every tale of illness, on the other hand, is unique, yet has the potential to transform a personal story into a universal lesson. All accounts of good health are essentially the same – and ultimately boring. Let me play around a bit with that far-too-familiar Leo Tolstoy observation about families.