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Knopf
February 2016
On Sale: February 2, 2016
178 pages
ISBN: 1101875283
EAN: 9781101875285
Kindle: B00XG9BVQ4
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Self-Help Relationships
In a deeply personal and moving book, the beloved NPR radio
host speaks out about the long drawn-out death (from
Parkinson’s) of her husband of fifty-four years, and of her
struggle to reconstruct her life without him. With John gone, Diane was indeed “on her own,” coping with
the inevitable practical issues and, more important, with
the profoundly emotional ones. What to do, how to react,
reaching out again into the world—struggling to create a new
reality for herself while clinging to memories of the past.
Her focus is on her own roller-coaster experiences, but she
has also solicited the moving stories of such recently
widowed friends as Roger Mudd and Susan Stamberg, which work
to expose the reader to a remarkable range of reactions to
the death of a spouse. John’s unnecessarily extended death—he begged to be helped
to die—culminated in his taking matters into his own hands,
simply refusing to take water, food, and medication. His
heroic actions spurred Diane into becoming a kind of poster
person for the “right to die” movement that is all too
slowly taking shape in our country. With the brave
determination that has characterized her whole life, she is
finding a meaningful new way to contribute to the world. Her book—as practical as it is inspiring—will be a help and
a comfort to the recently bereaved, and a beacon of hope
about the possibilities that remain to us as we deal with
our own approaching mortality.
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