Until I Say Good-bye
My Year of Living With Joy
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 4, 2014
Susan Spencer-Wendel’s Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living with Joy is a moving and inspirational memoir by a woman who makes the most of her final days after discovering she has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in memoirs about living with terminal illness
- Themes
- terminal illness, family love, living fully
- Pacing
- Reflective
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Susan Spencer-Wendel’s Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living with Joy is a moving and inspirational memoir by a woman who makes the most of her final days after discovering she has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). After Spencer-Wendel, a celebrated journalist at the Palm Beach Post, learns of her diagnosis of ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, she embarks on several adventures, traveling toseveral countries and sharing special experiences with loved ones.
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One trip takes Spencer-Wendel and her fourteen-year-old daughter, Marina, to New York City’s Kleinfeld’s Bridal to shop for Marina’s future wedding dress—an occasion that Susan knows she will never see. Co-written with Bret Witter, Until I Say Good-Bye is Spencer-Wendel’s account of living a full life with humor, courage, and love, but also accepting death with grace and dignity. It’s a celebration of life, a look into the face of death, and the effort we must make to show the people that we love and care about how very much they mean to us.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in memoirs about living with terminal illness
- Those seeking inspirational true stories about courage and family
Where it sits
| Lives in Medicine | 78% |
|---|---|
| Personal Memoirs | 41% |
| Disability Memoirs | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Women's Lives
- Personal Memoirs
- Brain & Nervous System Disorders
- Authors
- Susan Spencer-Wendel, Bret Witter
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 4, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- terminal illness · family love · living fully
- Reading lane
- Women's Lives