Side Effects
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"As Hazel Grace once said, in all her Natalie Portman-esque glory, cancer is a side effect of dying. I don't know how true that is, but what I do know is that Luther was a side effect of leukaemia. And I was a side effect of Luther."
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When Camilla's best friend loses a 12 year long battle with leukaemia, she feels as if her world is falling apart. In an effort to distract herself she vows to complete Luther's bucket list before she graduates. Because only then can she let go of the past. And only then can she begin to heal.
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