Passing: A Memoir of Love and Death [Hardcover]

In the tradition of [Michael Korda] delivers a heartfelt look at his wife, Margaret... This intimate memoir is both a tribute to their 45-year marriage... and an account of how looking after someone who is dying gradually fills ones life to the exclusion of everything else... Lovingly told, Kordas memoir movingly captures the complexities of dealing with the death of a loved one. Anyone who has ever cared for a loved one at the end of life will identify with Kordas escalating feelings of despair and uselessness as he tries to save his wife from a disease with no rescue. His book, and his life, illustrate the essential truth that no matter our circumstances, we will one day die. His unsparing account nudges us to reconsider lifes trivial grievances until we do. Written in plain, straightforward prose, A sensitive and absorbing chronicle of his wife's death from cancer a year after she was diagnosed with a brain tumor... Joining a growing genre about death and dying that includes Sherwin Nuland's This harrowing account of Margaret Kordas death is also a deeply moving testimonial to the beauty and strength of a remarkable marriage. I am grateful to Michael for this honest and painful book that cannot have been easy to write. In this harrowing, engrossing, meticulous account of his wifes deterioration from cancer, Michael Korda presents both the medical and the psychic details of dying. His writing is disciplined and unsentimental, but deeply evocative and ultimately very generous. He opens the private world of the extremely private woman to whom he was married, fully capturing her spirit, their marriage, and her untimely demise. Michael KordasUS