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作       者:Spencer-Wendel, Susan

出  版  社:Harper Paperbacks

出版时间:2014-03-04

字       数:35.7万

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In June 2011, Susan Spencer-Wendel learned she had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Lou Gehrig disease an irreversible condition that systematically destroys the nerves that power the muscles. She was forty-four years old, with a devoted husband and three young children, and she had only one year of health remaining. Susan decided to live that year with joy. She quit her job as a journalist and spent time with her family. She built an outdoor meeting space for friends in her backyard. And she took seven trips with the seven most important people in her life. As her health declined, Susan journeyed to the Yukon, Hungary, the Bahamas, and Cyprus. She took her sons to swim with dolphins, and her teenage daughter, Marina, to Kleinfeld bridal shop in New York City to see her for the first and last time in a wedding dress. She also wrote this book. No longer able to walk or even to lift her arms, she tapped it out letter by letter on her iPhone using only her right thumb, the last finger still working. However, Until I Say Good-Bye is not angry or bitter. It is sad in parts how could it not bebut it is filled with Susan optimism, joie de vivre, and sense of humor. It is a book about life, not death. One that, like Susan, will make everyone smile. From the Burger King parking lot where she cried after her diagnosis to a snowy hot spring near the Arctic Circle, from a hilarious family Christmas disaster to the decrepit monastery in eastern Cyprus where she rediscovered her heritage, Until I Say Good-Bye is not only Susan Spencer-Wendel unforgettable gift to her loved ones a heartfelt record of their final experiences together but an offering to all of us: a reminder that every day is better when it is lived with joy.
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Dedication

Epigraph

Contents

Introduction: Kissing the Dolphin

Liftoff: July–September

Still Lucky

The Clinic

The Wonder

Wesley

Animals and Expectations

The Yukon: October

Auroras

Thank You

The Northern Lights

Wreck Beach

California: October

Into the Past

Family Reunion

The Yurt

Closing the Loop

Christmas: December–January

Together

The Party

A Gift to Myself

Hungary: February

Youth

A Couple

The Conversation

Budapest

The Cruise: March

My Sister Steph

The Gift: April

Panos

The Bible

The Chickee Hut: May

A Place of My Own

Mango Madness

The Journey Inward: May–June

Scrapbooking

Stink Pickle

My Triathlon

Letting Go: May–June

Swimming

Aubrey’s Birthday

Helping Hands

Hospice

Funeral

Cyprus: June–July

Fearless

Turtle Beach

Saint Andreas

The Old Man of Karpaz

New York City: July

Kardashians

Marina’s Trip

Tattoos

Support

Kleinfeld’s

For Good

Captiva Island: August

The Lion’s Paw

Afterword

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher

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