Remarkable, uncompromising and full of intelligence and insight...she has done a great service in probing social attitudes and in describing the intricate, often unspoken negotiations between the sick and the well

A beautiful, heartrending book

It is a very brave book... Gabriel is an astute writer with a keen eye for the telling detail

Eating Pomegranates brought a prose of rare depth and distinction to the genetic science, harrowing psychology and even spiritual aspects of breast cancer: a horribly familiar pilgrimage through fear and hope for many, but hardly ever handled with such force and grace

4*, It's very intimate, and very well told.

sadly so prevalent in recent years, the cancer memoir has seldom scaled the heights of eloquence or the depths of understanding that Sarah Gabriel brings to this book.

It always rings true, written, even at its most distressing, with elegant self-critical precision

Gabriel's account of her illness is not only a literary gem, but will force anyone who reads it to re-assess how they talk to friends and family facing a similar prognosis.

Anyone who has read Gosse, Ackerley or Tobias Wolff will know that big books can be made about small-time fathers. It's a tribute to Burnside that he maps this same territory and prompts these comparisons while creating a story that is uniquely his

This is a haunting read that will linger long after you close the pages of this book