Worth Fighting For: Love, Loss, and Moving ForwardFrom Patrick Swayze’s widow—the moving, New York Times bestselling account of grief, loss, caregiving, and moving on, with touching stories from their final months together. When Lisa Niemi first exchanged vows with Patrick Swayze, she promised to be with her husband “till death do us part.” But how many couples stop and think about what that truly means? Worth Fighting For is both a candid tribute to a marriage and a celebration of the healing power that each day holds, even in the most difficult of circumstances. Lisa shares the details of Patrick’s twenty-one-month battle with Stage IV pancreatic cancer, and she describes his last days, when she simply tried to keep him comfortable. She writes with heartbreaking honesty about her grief in the aftermath of his death and openly discusses the challenges that the years without him have posed. Her story is an emotionally honest and unflinching depiction of loss, but it is also a hopeful and life-affirming exploration of the power of the human spirit. “I tell you, I am a different person now,” she writes, “one who has been thrown into the fire and forged.” |
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A Book you dont want to stop reading!
User Review - linda722 - Overstock.comI am a slow reader However when this book came and I started reading it I dint want to put it down. Very well writen and as open and honest as the writer could be. Love the Book just hate the reason it had to be written. I was a great admire of Pattrick. Read full review
WORTH FIGHTING FOR: Love, Loss, and Moving Forward
User Review - KirkusThe wife of actor Patrick Swayze (1952-2009) shares bittersweet memories of caring for her husband during his battle with cancer.Although the cover shows the author smiling as she pets a horse, the ... Read full review
Contents
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It Aint Over Till Its Over | 29 |
Uncharted Territory | 41 |
Everybody Finds Out | 59 |
The Troops Arrive | 71 |
In God We Trust All Others Bring Data | 79 |
Russian Roulette | 93 |
AbraxaneThe Breast Cancer Drug | 193 |
JustYour Daily 911 Emergency | 201 |
Outrunning the Ambulance Chasers | 215 |
Rallies Again | 225 |
And Another Thing | 237 |
My SecretWeapon | 251 |
The Last Infection | 267 |
One More Decision | 281 |
Embracing the Alligator | 101 |
The Beast | 115 |
If You Call Me Captain Ill CallYou Daddy | 131 |
Dancing As Fast As We Can | 149 |
Dark Nights Graced with Snow | 167 |
Gimme Something Real | 179 |
Home At Last | 287 |
The Immediate Aftermath | 301 |
Epilogue 311 | 319 |
List of Illustrations | 323 |
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