A Matter of Death and Life
by Irvin D. Yalom and Marilyn Yalom
Alternating chapters by husband and wife as Marilyn dies of cancer and Irvin faces life without her after sixty-five years. Unbearably tender and clear.
Read it if…
you want a true account of love at the end.
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Skip it if…
you are not ready.
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Three things you will actually use
- A life well lived eases death.
- Grief is love's price.
- Keep writing.
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Read the first alternating chapters.
Our verdict
The Yaloms at the end.
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