A compelling story of cancer, marriage and conflicting loyalties with some beautiful observations. Atmospheric, funny and moving.

Loved this drama filled book.
Thanks to author, publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book. While I got the book for free it had no bearing on the rating I gave it.

This book was a very well written description of the sadness of life it is full of characters who are in pain, both mental and physical. The author brings us into a family that is torn about because of lies and deceit. However, this book also shows the different levels of family love and how this can play out within a traumatic time of their existence. Well written, although the plot is sad as you can tell by the title of the book.

Lump by Nathan Whitlock is a novel about marriage and motherhood and illness and the messiness of life.

This was a really interesting book. Not an author I know well and he doesn't appear to be a household name.

However, I like my humour like I take my coffee, strong and black, and this novel was definitely for me.

Over the course of a day, our main character finds out some bad news which comes in threes, cancer, pregnancy and an untrustworthy husband.

What happens next is for you to find out but this was definitely a pleasant surprise and an author I will be keeping an eye on.

Thanks to Dundurn Press, Rare Machines and Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review

Very excited to read this one! Will be sharing a full review and thoughts soon, but I could relate how everything so quickly can turn to ….we’ll you know at all once! But women are strong and could get through anything! I can’t wait to read Cats story.


A dark, satiric novel about a woman whose attempt to escape crises in her health and marriage ends up causing more chaos.

In a single day, Cat finds out that she is pregnant, that a lump in her breast is the worst thing it could be, and that her husband has done something unforgivably creepy. Her life is stressful enough as it is: her career is stalled and being a stay-at-home mom for two young kids has become a grind. Cat responds by falling apart in the messiest way possible. She tries to run away from her marriage and her life — a life that, on the outside, looks like middle-class success in the big city.

Told through multiple perspectives (including that of a very old dog), Lump is a dark comedy about marriage, motherhood, class, and cancer.