What We Wish Were True - Reflections on Nurturing Life and Facing Death by Tallu Schuyler Quinn
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Web ID: 17693509Very Bittersweet; Honest
I received this book as a gift but would have purchased it on my own. Tallu Schuyler Quinn shared her deep and honest thoughts about her impending death from brain cancer. Reading her book gives you insight into what a phenomenal woman she was. A wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend...she was a person who set out to do whatever she could to facilitate positive change for the less fortunate, and one of the ways she did it best was to feed people. She shares her honest thoughts and fears about leaving her 2 young children, husband and other family, but also shares her deep faith in God. I read through most of this book in several hours, yet waited until the next day to finish the last little bit. I knew how the story ended but wanted to process what I had read before reading the final words. I highly recommend this book, especially to anyone traveling a similar path with a loved one.
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A must read
The author faces what is true with unbelievable courage, humility, humor, tenderness, uncertainty… all with great love. She will continue to travel with us as we read her words.
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eautiful and yet heartbreakingly sad
Human as human could be. How can you live your life to the fullest, while also planning your own funeral? Planning the future of your business while also preparing your loved ones for the day that you will be gone, including loving your husband in the here and now and yet knowing that at some point in the future he will love someone else because you're gone. This is Tallu's story, told in an essay format, as she continues to live her life as much as she can after being diagnosed with stage IV glioblastoma cancer. It's heartbreakingly beautiful, and I can only imagine the woman she was in person from reading how she was in this book. Beautiful and yet heartbreakingly sad. May we all have her style and grace in every day of our living. *I received a copy of this book from NetGalley. This review is my own opinion*
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