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Do ostatnich dni. Zapis życia, choroby i wszystkiego, co przychodzi później
Julie Yip-Williams
3.99 AVERAGE
240 reviews for:
Do ostatnich dni. Zapis życia, choroby i wszystkiego, co przychodzi później
Julie Yip-Williams
3.99 AVERAGE
This book is beautifully written however I thought there would be more page turning drama with regards to her early childhood. This is primarily a book about her cancer journey- and while that is valuable and important, it just was not what I expected. Lots of great life lesson tidbits in this read.
For a book that is ultimately about dying, I found Julie’s story incredibly uplifting. Yes, I cried, especially while reading the chapter to her daughters. But I found so many areas of her story that made me really think about what it means to live. I wish I’d read a hard copy (instead of an ebook) so that I could highlight some passages. Julie told her story with so much honesty, even when talking about hate and jealousy of those around her. My takeaways...live while you’re living, be kind to those around you who may be suffering and find joy in even the worst of times.
Julie Yip Williams chronicles her relationship with cancer. How it focused her life, her love, her hate - her fear. I hated many parts - bored with the medical minutia she describes, and annoyed at the many many times she retold her birth, her blindness, her refugee status and her disciplined climb through education to graduate from Harvard Law. I loved bits. And those bits grew at the end ... and yanked my heart out. I cried. And I got something simple. "Live Life while you're alive."
It is difficult to write a review of a book that had me in such a state of profound sadness at the end of the book.
Julie Yip-Williams will never read this review. Or see her daughters graduate from high school... or play in concerts... or get married. She will never meet her grandchildren (if she has any) and will never have so very many life experiences that a woman who dies so young will never have.
But, instead of a memoir of deep regret, Julie chronicles her miraculous life with heart and love. She describes her trips to all seven continents and how she loves to travel alone. With breathtaking honesty, she writes to her family and the "slutty second wife" and beseeches them to move on.
Heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time, Julie Yip-Williams will be sorely missed.
Julie Yip-Williams will never read this review. Or see her daughters graduate from high school... or play in concerts... or get married. She will never meet her grandchildren (if she has any) and will never have so very many life experiences that a woman who dies so young will never have.
But, instead of a memoir of deep regret, Julie chronicles her miraculous life with heart and love. She describes her trips to all seven continents and how she loves to travel alone. With breathtaking honesty, she writes to her family and the "slutty second wife" and beseeches them to move on.
Heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time, Julie Yip-Williams will be sorely missed.
The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After by Julie Yip-Williams is not only a memoir of the author’s cancer journey, it is the story of her life. She was born in Vietnam and was deemed legally blind due to cataracts. Surgical intervention was not available and her family had no hope for her future. The family eventually found their way to America. This is an autobiography of someone who did not know the meaning of quitting. Hurdles put in her way were overcome and she achieved so much in her short life. When she was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic cancer, she was a young lawyer, wife and mother of two very young daughters. As the cancer spread throughout her body, she described the physical journey and also the emotional toll cancer takes on the patient and those who love her. This is a diary that will have meaning for her children later on, to look back on their mother’s exceptional achievements. As those of us living with cancer know, a diagnosis is only the beginning. I listened to the audiobook, well-read by Emily Woo Zeller, with an afterword by Joshua Williams, the author’s husband. Highly recommended.
Super appreciated most of the themes here (ruthless honesty, feel your feelings and let people you care about see them, anticipatory grief/death-is-a-part-of-life, family + relationships, spirituality & meaning-making, gratitude as a perspective, solo travel...).
Some of the ways that the author describes other people -- medical professionals she didn't bond with, cancer patients whose decisions/values were different from hers, daughters' classmates' parents -- are surprisingly judgmental, to the point that it was jarring and hard for me to get through in several places.
Some of the ways that the author describes other people -- medical professionals she didn't bond with, cancer patients whose decisions/values were different from hers, daughters' classmates' parents -- are surprisingly judgmental, to the point that it was jarring and hard for me to get through in several places.
Absolutely incredible. To say that I've been inspired to do more with my life is not giving enough credit. The empathy I feel towards Julie and many others who share the journey of Cancer has grown. I hope to do more, be more for others.
A devastating memoir of her battle with Stage IV colon cancer. Yet I often find that the most tragic of books can also be the most life-affirming. Indeed, Yip Williams implores readers to “Live while you’re living, friends” as she lays out the incredible story of her life: born blind in Vietnam and narrowly escaping euthenasia, immigrating to the United States, graduating from Harvard Law, and settling into a loving family life with a husband and two girls. The Unwinding of the Miracle is adapted from the blog she kept while undergoing cancer treatment and is a candid and poignant meditation on life.