Until I say good-bye : my year of living with joy / Susan Spencer-Wendel, with Bret Witter.
- Title
- Until I say good-bye : my year of living with joy / Susan Spencer-Wendel, with Bret Witter.
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- New York, NY : Harper, [2013]
- ©2013
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- Description
- xi, 362 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- A moving and inspirational memoir by celebrated journalist Susan Spencer-Wendel who makes the most of her final days after discovering she has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
- After journalist Spencer-Wendel learns of her diagnosis of ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, she embarks on several adventures. This includes taking her fourteen-year-old daughter, Marina, to New York City's Kleinfeld's Bridal to shop for Marina's future wedding dress-- an occasion Spencer-Wendell knows she will never see. This is her account of living a full life with humor, courage, and love, accepting death with grace and dignity, and showing the people we love and care about how very much they mean to us.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Personal Narrative
- Biographies
- Autobiographies
- NonFiction.
- Health, Mind and Body.
- Contents
- Introduction: Kissing the dolphin -- Liftoff: July-September -- The Yukon: October -- California: October -- Christmas: December-January -- Hungary: February -- The cruise: March -- The gift: April -- The chicken hut: May -- The journey inward: May-June -- Letting go: May-June -- Cyprus: June-July -- New York City: July -- Captiva Island: August.
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- Harvard Library
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