Until I say good-bye
Subtitle: my year of living with joy
By: Susan Spencer-Wendel, with Bret Witter
Contributors: Witter, Bret, author
Edition: First HarperLuxe edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780062253453
Subjects: Patients; Health; Journalists; Women journalists; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Biography
Description: A moving and inspirational memoir by celebrated journalist Susan Spencer-Wendel who makes the most of her final days after discovering she has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

After journalist Spencer-Wendel learns of her diagnosis of ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, she embarks on several adventures. This includes taking her fourteen-year-old daughter, Marina, to New York City's Kleinfeld's Bridal to shop for Marina's future wedding dress-- an occasion Spencer-Wendell knows she will never see. This is her account of living a full life with humor, courage, and love, accepting death with grace and dignity, and showing the people we love and care about how very much they mean to us.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Kissing the dolphin; title: Liftoff: July-September; title: The Yukon: October; title: California: October; title: Christmas: December-January; title: Hungary: February; title: The cruise: March; title: The gift: April; title: The chicken hut: May; title: The journey inward: May-June; title: Letting go: May-June; title: Cyprus: June-July; title: New York City: July; title: Captiva Island: August.