The End of your Life Book Club
by Will Schwalbe
So I saw this on the table at Barnes and Noble a few weeks ago while browsing with a friend. I have a habit of checking the library before buying a book, just to save my poor bank account from the potential deluge of purchased books. Turns out, the library had it as an ebook. That makes me happy, for reasons that are not necessary to get into here.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was predictable, but that's not the point. The bond between mother and son was undeniably stronger through the course of the mom's chemo and as her cancer progressed. The words from the page wove themselves with the stories of their lives to create meaningful and memorable conversations. I'm thankful to both Will and Mary Ann Schwalbe for teaching meaningful lessons throughout the book: read often, share undivided conversations with people regularly, open yourself up to the wide world and help to make the world a better place.
This year, as I do my book club of one, I appreciate the effort of reading, discovering new books, and making connections to life. I even added a few of the books mentioned in the book to my Goodreads "to read" list.
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