judyward 's review for:

The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe

5.0

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"What are you reading? How do you like it? Do you have any recommendations for a book that you think I would like?" These are questions that book-loving friends ask each other constantly. When Will Schwalbe's mother, Mary Anne, was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer, they formed a book club of two that often met in the waiting room or during chemotherapy sessions at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. As anyone involved in a book discussion group or even an internet discussion with one person knows, using a book as a starting point for a conversation can lead that conversation down very personal and intimate avenues. Will and his mother used the last two years of Mary Anne's life to rediscover each oher in a whole new way through books and take a powerful journey together. I loved this moving tribute by a son to his beloved mother and only wish that all of us could experience our end of life issues with such love and respect.