The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying

The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying

* INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *

â€œStunningâ€¦heartrendingâ€¦this yearâ€™s When Breath Becomes Air.â€ â€”Nora Krug, The Washington Post

â€œBeautiful and haunting.â€ â€”Matt McCarthy, MD, USA TODAY

â€œDeeply affectingâ€¦simultaneously heartbreaking and funny.â€ â€”People (Book of the Week)

â€œVivid, immediate.â€ â€”Laura Collins-Hughes, The Boston Globe

Starred reviews from * Kirkus Reviews * Publishers Weekly * Library Journal *

Best Books of 2017 Selection by * The Washington Post *

Most Anticipated Summer Reading Selection by * The Washington Post * Entertainment Weekly * Glamour * The Seattle Times * Vulture * InStyle * Bookpage * Bookriot * Real Simple * The Atlanta Journal-Constitution *

The New York Times bestseller by poet Nina Riggs, mother of two young sons and the direct descendant of Ralph Waldo Emerson, is â€œa stunningâ€¦heart-rending meditation on lifeâ€¦It is this yearâ€™s When Breath Becomes Airâ€ (The Washington Post).

We are breathless but we love the days. They are promises. They are the only way to walk from one night to the other.

Poet and essayist Nina Riggs was just thirty-seven years old when initially diagnosed with breast cancerâ€”one small spot. Within a year, she received the devastating news that her cancer was terminal.

How does a dying person learn to live each day â€œunattached to outcomeâ€? How does one approach the moments, big and small, with both love and honesty? How does a young mother and wife prepare her two young children and adored husband for a loss that will shape the rest of their lives? How do we want to be remembered?

Exploring motherhood, marriage, friendship, and memory, Nina asks: What makes a meaningful life when one has limited time? â€œProfound and poignantâ€ (O, The Oprah Magazine), The Bright Hour is about how to make the most of all the days, even the painful ones. Itâ€™s about the way literature, especially Ninaâ€™s direct ancestor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and her other muse, Montaigne, can be a balm and a form of prayer.

Brilliantly written and exceptionally moving, itâ€™s a â€œdeeply affecting memoir, a simultaneously heartbreaking and funny account of living with loss and the specter of death. As Riggs lyrically, unflinchingly details her reality, she finds beauty and truth that comfort even amid the crushing sadnessâ€ (People, Book of the Week).

Tender and heartwarming, The Bright Hour â€œis a gentle reminder to cherish each dayâ€ (Entertainment Weekly, Best New Books) and offers us this important perspective: â€œYou can read a multitude books about how to die, but Riggs, a dying woman, will show you how to liveâ€ (The New York Times Book Review, Editorâ€™s Choice).
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781501169373
ReleaseDate 2018-01-16
UnitCount 1
Format Unabridged
EANs 9781501169373

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781501169373
ReleaseDate	2018-01-16
UnitCount	1
Format	Unabridged
EANs	9781501169373

The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying

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