Book Review

Book Title    : Surat Kecil untuk Tuhan

Publisher     : Inandra Published

Year            : 2008

Writer        : Agnes Danovar

          The book I enjoyed was Surat Kecil untuk Tuhan a true story of a little girl in 2008. This novel tells the story of a teenage girl in the struggle against malignant cancer, Rabdomiosarkoma (Soft Tissue cancer). She is Gita Sesa Wanda Cantika (Keke), we know her as a young artists era 1998. She is the main character in surat kecil untuk tuhan  be sentenced terminal cancer and predicted she only had 5 more days. Soft tissue cancer was eating away the face so it looks bad to be a monster. Even in difficult circumstances, Keke is struggling to stay alive and stay in school like any other normal girl.

          His parents hard to take decision. However, as parents, they can not bear to see half of her face had lost due to surgery. So, along with her father's family keep cancer at Keke. But finally Keke know that she contracted terminal cancer, she resigned and was not angry at anyone who conceal her deadly disease. She give a smile to anyone and shows her struggle with cancer on his face that she was still able to perform and lead a normal life at school. God showed magnanimity by giving him a deep breath for a moment free from cancer

The father, Joddy Tri Aprianto not give up. He continues to fight for her beloved daughter's death could be released from the verdict. The struggle to save the daughter of the father is so touching. His father tried to find alternative treatments and traveled throughout Indonesia, but to no avail. He could not help his father back to the doctor and the medical sciences, there is one other way that can kill the cancer, chemotherapy.

Keke struggle against cancer to fruition. With all the efforts of his parents, Gita get a chance to recover after surviving 6 months through chemotherapy to kill cancer cells that eat his body. Once Kemotrapi, able to destroy all that is in his body hair, and a small body of Gita must live up to 25 times to get rid of.

Greatness of God make it together with family and friends who she loved much longer. Diidap malignant cancer cases by Gita be the first case that occurred in Indonesia and became a debate in the medical community because the cancer is usually only occurs in older people. The success of the Indonesian Doctors cure cancer cases has become the proud achievement and make all the doctors in the world are wondering.

That cancer came for the second time in different place. Her parents do the same treatment on her, hoping that the cancer will die. She do chemotherapy on her cancer. All of Gita’s hair is gone, because of chemotherapy. But the cancer become stronger because of chemotherapy.

Finally his father tried medication to Singapore, there the doctor suggested for surgery. because desperdo, they went back to Indonesia with Keke’s conditions are getting worse, the cancer began to spread throughout the body, the lungs, heart and other organs. One thing that makes me thrilled, with conditions so severe, Keke has very high spirit of learning, she still want to school. Even when his hands and feet are no longer able to move.

The time passed, and Keke’s condition was getting worst. Finally she admit to RSCM hospital and in coma for three days. There was good news forKeke and his family that God does give her servants the trials according to ability. Keke prove all that. "Keke become top three in her class in the school final exam."

Then, a doctor give up to the cancer, at the last breath she wrote a little letter to God (Surat Kecil untuk Tuhan). The letter is full of teenage Indonesian greatness that expect no more tears in this world like what happens to her.

Her breath had ended 25 December 2006 right after he was running fast and last Idul Fitri with family and friends, but her story is eternal.

The strength of this book is has many message like  we need to learn how to be always spirit to face my life, how to appreciate what we have get from the god, whatever the condition we need to do my best. This is the true story that happen in our real life. This book also include the some photos of Keke, her friends, and her family. This book also use HVS papers.

The weakness of this book is that the writer has mistakes in writing the words.

Overall this book inspire me, to always be patient, and always be great full. Then, this book is interested to be read. Although some events is not really interested and clear.