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A review by inthecommonhours
Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life: A Memoir by Delia Ephron
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!