About book Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year Of Living With Joy (2012)
I really wanted to like this book. After all it is a true story, written by someone who is really dying. It would be cruel, and heartless, to not like this book, far more to criticise it, not so? But I didn't like it.I was looking for a book that I could have empathised with the author. It started out great. I felt her pain. I felt her uncertainty. I felt her sorrow... then it went downhill soon after.It started with all the jet setting, then all the demands on her family, and friends, and on her husband. No matter what, she had to get her way. She needs the ceiling painted, does she hire a painter (it's not like she doesn't have the money), no, she asks her seventy-something dad to do it for her. Constantly I didn't feel acceptance or enlightenment, instead I felt the author's utter selfishness and conceit. I can't fathom what it would be like to be in her position, and I do admire that it did not stop her from doing anything, even writing this book. But this book is not inspirational, and I am sure many people in her position would not be able to fly all around the world, or visit the Yukon, or even get a book published. I have no idea as to who I can recommend this book for, but if you're looking for inspiration, this is not the book to find it. I can't imagine dying a slow death. I cannot imagine having my full mental faculties but being unable to do a single thing for myself and being unable to communicate with others. What Susan went through is horrific and I applaud her decision to "live".However, this book was disjointed and hard to follow. Some things were told twice. I also felt it was very surface-oriented. It doesn't delve deeply into life and friendship and death but skims surfaces. It is so personal that it probably only holds up for close family/friends.
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tough story to read about ALS. highs and lows. writing was simple. a skip for my family.
—Lina
Just learned of this author passed away tonight. Prayers go out to her loved ones.
—Morocco409
I read it in one day. It reminded me to be thankful for what I have left(aging).
—TheHarebear
