１リットルの涙 難病と闘い続ける少女亜也の日記
Summary
Japanese
「神様、病気はどうして私を選んだの？」 恐ろしい病魔が１５歳の少女亜也の青春を奪う。友達との別れ、車椅子の生活、数々の苦難が襲いかかる中、日記を書き続けることだけが亜也の生きる支えだった。「たとえどんな小さく弱い力でも私は誰かの役に立ちたい」 最期まで前向きに生き抜いた少女の言葉が綴られた感動のロングセラー、ついに文庫化。
English
Aya Kitō was diagnosed with a disease called spinocerebellar degeneration when she was 15 years old. The disease causes the person to lose control over their body, but because the person can retain all mental ability the disease acts as a prison. So in the end she cannot eat, walk or talk.
Through family, medical examinations and rehabilitations, and finally succumbing to the disease, Aya must cope with the disease and live on with life until her death at the age of 25. (from Wikipedia)
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Personal Opinion
The ドラマ based on this book original diary was very high praised, so I thought that it would be nice to read the original in Japanese and bought the book. That was two years ago…
This is definitely a very sad story, but I think this kind of stories are motivating and help appreciate life more.
Pros and Cons for the Book Club
Pros
- Not very long.
- A new genre for the club: non-fiction.
- Written from a perspective of a school-girl, so probably not very difficult (see cons though).
- Positive reviews on amazon and on goodreads.
Cons
- Sad story.
- It’s written in a form of a diary, so the style is a bit different from usual.
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