mybluepants 's review for:

The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After by Julie Yip-Williams

3.0

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This memoir is heartbreaking - a 41 year old lawyer, wife, mother of 2 young girls and a Chinese immigrant who was slotted to die as a baby due to her visual deficits. This story is full of necessary reminders including one of my favorites— “Live while you’re living, friends”. The author also does an exceptional job highlighting how her journey was less pink ribbon, super optimism, rah-rah-rah and instead spoke rawly of wanting to give up many, many times and also wanting to be realistic when the time came when death was near outcomes vs searching for the next treatment option. I respected that a lot. What ultimately lowered the rating for me was the writing.