by Patty Dann
A very short and mostly sad account of the author's life with her son Jake and her husband Willem after learning that Willem has an uncurable form of brain cancer. As Patty watches her husband slowly lose his ability to speak and to think, she remembers happier times and tries to figure out how she and Jake will ever recover from this loss. This memoir consists of a series of mostly one or two page vignettes, ranging from joyful to bittersweet to heartbreakingly sad. It tackles some important topics, like why Americans have such a difficult time dealing with death and how to help children deal with grief and loss. Painfully honest and realistic, not a light read for the beach.
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