04545cam a2200337 4500 530603960 TxAuBib 20210910120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781508241454 1508241457 b8c655d7-21c8-45bc-a297-16012ba0e0fc OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3177334 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Riggs, Nina. The Bright Hour [Libby] : A Memoir of Living and Dying. Simon & Schuster Audio, 2017. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 208MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 208MB. Biography & Autobiography. Medical. Nonfiction. HTML:* INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Stunning...heartrending...this year's When Breath Becomes Air." —Nora Krug, The Washington Post "Beautiful and haunting." —Matt McCarthy, MD, USA TODAY "Deeply affecting...simultaneously heartbreaking and funny." —People (Book of the Week) "Vivid, immediate." —Laura Collins-Hughes, The Boston Globe Starred reviews from * Kirkus Reviews * Publishers Weekly * Library Journal * Best Books of 2017 Selection by * The Washington Post * Most Anticipated Summer Reading Selection by * The Washington Post * Entertainment Weekly * Glamour * The Seattle Times * Vulture * InStyle * Bookpage * Bookriot * Real Simple * The Atlanta Journal-Constitution * The New York Times bestseller by poet Nina Riggs, mother of two young sons and the direct descendant of Ralph Waldo Emerson, is "a stunning...heart-rending meditation on life...It is this year's When Breath Becomes Air" (The Washington Post). We are breathless but we love the days. They are promises. They are the only way to walk from one night to the other. Poet and essayist Nina Riggs was just thirty-seven years old when initially diagnosed with breast cancer—one small spot. Within a year, she received the devastating news that her cancer was terminal. How does a dying person learn to live each day "unattached to outcome"? How does one approach the moments, big and small, with both love and honesty? How does a young mother and wife prepare her two young children and adored husband for a loss that will shape the rest of their lives? How do we want to be remembered? Exploring motherhood, marriage, friendship, and memory, Nina asks: What makes a meaningful life when one has limited time? "Profound and poignant" (O, The Oprah Magazine), The Bright Hour is about how to make the most of all the days, even the painful ones. It's about the way literature, especially Nina's direct ancestor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and her other muse, Montaigne, can be a balm and a form of prayer. Brilliantly written and exceptionally moving, it's a "deeply affecting memoir, a simultaneously heartbreaking and funny account of living with loss and the specter of death. As Riggs lyrically, unflinchingly details her reality, she finds beauty and truth that comfort even amid the crushing sadness" (People, Book of the Week). Tender and heartwarming, The Bright Hour "is a gentle reminder to cherish each day" (Entertainment Weekly, Best New Books) and offers us this important perspective: "You can read a multitude books about how to die, but Riggs, a dying woman, will show you how to live" (The New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice). Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Campbell, Cassandra. Heyborne, Kirby. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/5054-1/3177334-TheBrightHour.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b8c655d7-21c8-45bc-a297-16012ba0e0fc&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/5054-1/3177334-TheBrightHour.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b8c655d7-21c8-45bc-a297-16012ba0e0fc&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)