Part history lesson, love story, tragedy, and victory, this story pulls you in and holds you close throughout. It is surprisingly direct and harsh, but also beautifully meandering at times, yet there are no wasted words. The heroine is a teenager when we meet her, and she grows up in every way as the story pages by. Poignant, deep, sad and sweet.
I thought reading this book by a hospice nurse about caring for those in their final days would be painful to read and just kind of depressing. Nothing could be further from the truth. From lessons imparted by those who wish they'd done things a little differently to mind-bending revelations from those with one foot in each world, each page softens the perceptions of what we tend to fear--the unknown. Hadley was clearly destined to do this work, and her stories give us an inkling of how we can do ours, up to and during our own finale.
Amy Schneider! This book is a kaffeeklatsch in printed form. Amy's journey to Jeapordy stardom, becoming a woman and incidental things along the way are touched upon in a chatty, unpretentious style that makes you kinda wish you worked the cubicle one over from her. I could have done without (and did--skimmed over it) the longish chapter on tarot, which is an obvious interest. Overall a light, easy read from someone who seems to have truly found herself.
