Many thanks to NetGalley and Little, Brown & Company for gifting me a copy of this moving memoir by Delia Ephron - 5 stars!
Delia & her sister, Nora, both writing legends, also shared medical problems - leukemia. Still reeling from her sister's death, Delia's husband dies from prostate cancer. Just out of the pages of one of their screenplays, after an op-ed Delia wrote in the NYT about Verizon, Delia is contacted through email by Peter, a long ago acquaintance that Delia doesn't remember. Before long, they are madly in love - at an age and time in their life where neither thought that possible. Then Delia is diagnosed with AML, a horrible leukemia.
Told partially through email passages, this is both a heartbreaking and hopeful story - of love and devotion, of second chances at love and life, of a community coming together to help and support. Having lived through my mother-in-law's trials and eventual death from AML, this was a tough read but also an important one. How blessed Delia was to be surrounded by Peter and a tribe of friends to help and support them. Lots of life lessons in this one as well - grab onto all those second chances when they appear because this is the only life we have. Continued good health and love to Peter and Delia with an appreciation to them for sharing their story.
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