The Bright Hour
by Nina Riggs
A poet and descendant of Emerson writes about living with terminal breast cancer at thirty-eight, with two young sons and a mother dying at the same time. It is funny, literary and intensely alive, a companion to When Breath Becomes Air with a different voice.
Read it if…
you want a memoir of dying that is full of life and humor.
Skip it if…
you are in a fragile place; it is beautiful and will undo you.
Three things you will actually use
- The ordinary is the bright hour.
- Humor survives everything.
- Love your people out loud.
Do this first
Read a chapter and then do something ordinary with full attention.
Our verdict
Alive and beautiful.
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