It's Okay to Laugh- Crying is Cool too by Nora Mcinerny

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Thank you for the perfect blend of nostalgia-drenched humor, wit, and heartbreak, Nora". — Mandy Moorecomedy = tragedy + time/roseTwenty-seven-year-old Nora McInerny Purmort bounced from boyfriend to dopey "boyfriend" until she met Aaron—a charismatic art director and comic-book nerd who once made Nora laugh so hard she pulled a muscle. When Aaron was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer, they refused to let it limit their love. They got engaged on Aaron’s hospital bed and had a baby boy while he was on chemo. In the period that followed, Nora and Aaron packed fifty years of marriage into the three they got, spending their time on what really matters- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, each other, and Beyonce. A few months later, Aaron died in Nora’s arms. The obituary they wrote during Aaron's hospice care revealing his true identity as Spider-Man touched the nation. With It’s Okay to Laugh, Nora puts a young, fresh twist on the subjects of mortality and resilience. What does it actually mean to live your "one wild and precious life" to the fullest? How can a joyful marriage contain more sickness than health? How do you keep going when life kicks you in the junk? In this deeply felt and deeply funny memoir, Nora gives her readers a true gift—permission to struggle, permission to laugh, permission to tell the truth and know that.

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    • Format -Paperback
    • Dimension- 5.31" W x 8" H x 0.68' D
    • Genre- Biography
    • Publisher- HarperCollins Publishers, Publication date- 04-04-2017
    • Page Count- 304
    • Nora McInerny (Author)
    • ISBN- 9780062419385

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Nora McInerny Purmont had a miscarriage, lost her father and then her husband all within a few weeks of one another. Yet, somehow, she managed to write this book sharing with readers the highs, lows, sad and hilarious moments that led up to those events and those that came after. Maybe it's because we are roughly the same age but I found Nora's humor and references to pop culture to be at times laugh out loud funny as I listened along to her narrating her own audiobook. (I love when authors tell their own stories. It just adds something extra to it.) Nora takes us through meeting her husband Aaron, his diagnosis with a rare brain cancer, their engagement in his hospital room to raising their son in those same halls. "It's Okay to Laugh" is a beautiful reminder to never take for granted the time we have and the time we have with those we love. Nora's honest look at her flaws, her imperfect marriage and attempt at motherhood is refreshing and feels as if you are listening to an old friend tell you about her life. I highly recommend this audiobook but get those tissues ready.

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