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In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
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About This Book
This powerful memoir by New York Times bestselling author Amy Bloom is an illuminating story of two people whose love leads them to find a courageous way to part--and of a woman's struggle to go forward in the face of loss. Amy Bloom began to notice changes in her husband, Brian: He retired early from a new job he loved; he withdrew from close friendships; he talked mostly about the past. Suddenly, it seemed there was a glass wall between them, and their long walks and talks stopped. Their world was altered forever when an MRI confirmed what they could no longer ignore: Brian had Alzheimer's disease. Forced to confront the truth of the diagnosis and its impact on the future he had envisioned, Brian was determined to die on his feet, not live on his knees. Supporting each other in their last journey together, Brian and Amy made the unimaginably difficult and painful decision to go to Dignitas, an organization based in Switzerland that empowers a person to end their own life with dignity and peace. In this heartbreaking and surprising memoir, Bloom sheds light on a part of life we so often shy away from discussing--its ending. Written in Bloom's captivating, insightful voice and with her trademark wit and candor, In Love is an unforgettable portrait of a beautiful marriage, and a boundary-defying love.
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"To manage such hefty subject matter, Bloom artfully divides the book into manageable chunks of very short chapters that are titled with either a date and place, or something playful ..."
"I'm not sure why I hadn't until now read Bloom's fiction."
"The result is a stunning portrayal of how love can reveal itself in life's most difficult moments."
"In the compressed, gripping pages...scenes alternate between the couple's grim journey and the strenuous months that led up to it ..."
"You will never forget this book, and if you do, let's hope someone close to you remembers."
"Heartache makes her savvy and sarcastic, a tone she pairs with a memorable descriptive shorthand whose economy underscores the ticking clock at her narrative's centre, and all the ambivalence that represents for her ..."
"Apart from being a refreshingly frank account of a marriage (they quarrel sometimes, they use Viagra) it is an exploration or even a definition of true love."
"Bloom has a talent for mixing the prosaic and profound, the slapstick and the serious, which makes the book, despite its depressing subject matter, a pleasure to read."
"But the question overshadowing this memoir is how far you'd be willing to go for the one you love."
"This is not a misery memoir and it is without self-aggrandisement."
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