In Love by Amy Bloom

In Love by Amy Bloom

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A powerful memoir of a love that leads two people to find a courageous way to part--and a woman's struggle to go forward in the face of loss--that "enriches the reader's life with urgency and gratitude" (The Washington Post)

"A pleasure to read . . . Rarely has a memoir about death been so full of life. . . . Bloom has a talent for mixing the prosaic and profound, the slapstick and the serious."--USA Today

AN OPRAH DAILY BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE PAST TWO DECADES

ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Publishers Weekly
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, Time, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, USA Today, Real Simple, Prospect (UK), She Reads, Kirkus Reviews

Amy Bloom began to notice changes in her husband, Brian: He retired early from a new job he loved; he withdrew from close friendships; he talked mostly about the past. Suddenly, it seemed there was a glass wall between them, and their long walks and talks stopped. Their world was altered forever when an MRI confirmed what they could no longer ignore: Brian had Alzheimer's disease.

Forced to confront the truth of the diagnosis and its impact on the future he had envisioned, Brian was determined to die on his feet, not live on his knees. Supporting each other in their last journey together, Brian and Amy made the unimaginably difficult and painful decision to go to Dignitas, an organization based in Switzerland that empowers a person to end their own life with dignity and peace.

In this heartbreaking and surprising memoir, Bloom sheds light on a part of life we so often shy away from discussing--its ending. Written in Bloom's captivating, insightful voice and with her trademark wit and candor, In Love is an unforgettable portrait of a beautiful marriage, and a boundary-defying love.

Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize

Amy Bloom is the author of the short story collection Come to Me and the book Love Invents Us. Her work has appeared in a variety of periodicals, including The New Yorker, Antaeus, Story, Mirabella, Self, Vogue, and Talk, as well as numerous anthologies in the United States and overseas, including The Best American Short Stories; Prize Stories: The O. The Scribner Anthology of Modern Short Fiction, The Hidden Self: A Century of Short Tales by Women, and The Henry Awards She resides in Connecticut and works as a psychotherapist.

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ISBN 13	9780593243954
ISBN 10	0593243951
Title	In Love
Author	Amy Bloom
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2023-02-21
Number of pages	240
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