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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
I’m not leaving a rating only because it feels impertinent to give 3 stars to someone’s memoir about their horrific illness and recovery. (It reminded me a lot of Jason Rosenthal’s memoir about his wife, dripping with entitlement and privilege that I couldn’t quite get past.)
A book that is full of grief, hope, uncertainty and love. A great memoir hard earned for the author who has to undergo the most difficult circumstances to write it.
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
A bit long but uplifting and mostly interesting. Potentially not deep enough for my adoration.
emotional
funny
hopeful
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inspiring
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sad
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medium-paced
This book is so great and so close to home for so many reasons. The play on Broadway was incredible too! If I had to describe my experience with "Left on Tenth" it'd be Beschert
also noting the dog breed havanese because Delia says they're "funny" like personality and I want to remember this later
also noting the dog breed havanese because Delia says they're "funny" like personality and I want to remember this later
I’m not going to rate this because it’s a survivor story.
This was a powerful memoir that really made me think about miracles and second chance love. The author's voice was straightforward, not too wordy and really told the story as it was. The discovery of her illness all while she was finding love again really brought me to tears, especially at the age of 71.
I love how Delia used all the emails/ texts/ letters from Oct 2015 (when her husband Jerry passed away) to Feb 2018 (when she's in remission and writing the book) as a basis for the story. I flew through all these journal type entries, especially because it did not only include Delia's exchanges with doctors, family and friends but also Peter's exchanges when Delia did not have the energy or awareness to communicate for herself. The opportunity to directly read about other's perspectives, attitudes and feelings throughout the entire recovery process added such a strong element to the memoir and had me in tears.
I originally picked up this ARC because I love Delia and Nora's movies. While the content was pretty heavy, there was still a great balance of humor and warmth that will carry you through each page.
I love how Delia used all the emails/ texts/ letters from Oct 2015 (when her husband Jerry passed away) to Feb 2018 (when she's in remission and writing the book) as a basis for the story. I flew through all these journal type entries, especially because it did not only include Delia's exchanges with doctors, family and friends but also Peter's exchanges when Delia did not have the energy or awareness to communicate for herself. The opportunity to directly read about other's perspectives, attitudes and feelings throughout the entire recovery process added such a strong element to the memoir and had me in tears.
I originally picked up this ARC because I love Delia and Nora's movies. While the content was pretty heavy, there was still a great balance of humor and warmth that will carry you through each page.
I didn’t intentionally read three memoirs in a row about losing a partner and grief. In the brain fog of COVID, I thought Delia Ephron’s short memoir might work. I had a physical copy I bought at Parnassus last summer.
Delia writes in a personable, easy-to-follow manner. While she briefly touched on the loss of her sister Nora and the final days with Jerry, her husband of 35 years, it is mostly the story of second-chance love at age 72 and her own cancer battle.
Maybe because there are elements of Delia that remind me of myself, I often found myself critical of her. Maybe that was partly caused by being in my own uncomfortable feverish state. Also, despite seeing photos of her and Peter online, I find it hard to believe such a perfect man exists. May every 70-some-year-old be so lucky!
Delia writes in a personable, easy-to-follow manner. While she briefly touched on the loss of her sister Nora and the final days with Jerry, her husband of 35 years, it is mostly the story of second-chance love at age 72 and her own cancer battle.
Maybe because there are elements of Delia that remind me of myself, I often found myself critical of her. Maybe that was partly caused by being in my own uncomfortable feverish state. Also, despite seeing photos of her and Peter online, I find it hard to believe such a perfect man exists. May every 70-some-year-old be so lucky!