Until I say good-bye : my year of living with joy / Susan Spencer-Wendel, with Bret Witter.

Title
  1. Until I say good-bye : my year of living with joy / Susan Spencer-Wendel, with Bret Witter.
Published by
  1. New York, NY : Harper, [2013]
  2. ©2013
Author
  1. Spencer-Wendel, Susan

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Additional authors
  1. Witter, Bret
Description
  1. xi, 362 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
  1. 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).
  2. 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
  1. Spencer-Wendel, Susan > Health
  2. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  3. Women journalists > Biography
  4. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis > Patients > United States > Biography
  5. United States
Genre/Form
  1. Personal Narrative
  2. Biographies
  3. Autobiographies
  4. NonFiction.
  5. Health, Mind and Body.
Contents
  1. 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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  1. Harvard Library
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