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In Love
- A Memoir of Love and Loss
- Narrated by: Amy Bloom
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
New York Times Bestseller
A poignant love letter to Bloom's husband and a passionate outpouring of grief, In Love reaffirms the power and value of human relationships.
In January 2020, Amy Bloom travelled with her husband Brian to Switzerland, where he was helped by Dignitas to end his life while Amy sat with him and held his hand. Brian was terminally ill and for the last year of his life, Amy had struggled to find a way to support his wish to take control of his death, to not submerge "into the darkness of an expiring existence".
Written with piercing insight and wit, In Love is Bloom's intimate, authentic and startling account of losing Brian, first slowly to the disease of Alzheimer's, and then on becoming a widow. It charts the anxiety and pain of the process that led them to Dignitas, while never avoiding the complex ethical problems that are raised by assisted death.
"Poignant, kind, funny and ultimately redemptive"—Alain de Botton, author of The Course of Love
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- John
- 04-02-24
The love that they had for one another.
liked the fact that the author read it with such honesty and passion. I find it sad that we all find out a bit more of a person after they have lived within our lives.
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- Kaz N
- 26-04-23
Insightful
A frank an honest story of a wife helping her husband carry out his last wish to end his life following his dementia diagnosis. A remarkable man, and an even braver wife.
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This book is so incredibly beautiful. I can’t imagine going through what the author has been through, and doing so with grace and dignity. Thank you to Amy for sharing her story so honestly. Brian sounds like he was a wonderful man.
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- Pilar Hinojosa
- 02-09-24
Incredible
A heartfelt story of love and compassion and beautifully read by the author, Amy Bloom.
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