Wild and precious life

Ziegler, Deborah 1956- (author.).

Summary: "Written by Deborah Ziegler, the mother of Brittany Maynard--a twenty-nine-year-old woman with a terminal brain tumor--this touching and beautiful memoir captures and celebrates her daughter's spirit and the mostly untold story of Brittany's last year of life as she chose her right to die with dignity, a journey that inspired millions."--Amazon.com.

Item details

ISBN: 9781501128516
ISBN: 1501128515
ISBN: 9781501128523
ISBN: 1501128523
Physical Description: print
xiii, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First Emily Bestler Books/Atria hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2016.

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface -- Part One: Catastrophe -- Foreboding -- Bad News -- Willful Child -- Not on the Same Page -- The Two of Us -- Promises -- Sweet Pea -- Craniotomy -- Part Two: Renunciation -- Denial -- Middle Years -- Recovery -- High School Hell -- Bad Mother -- Spreading Wings -- It Can Always Get Worse -- Part Three: Epiphany -- First Love -- No Cake for You -- Berkeley Girl -- Living in the Moment in Alaska -- Changing Her Mind (A Woman's Prerogative) -- Making a Nest to Die In -- Playing House -- Love You Hate You -- Free Bird -- Pre-Grief Is a Nasty Bitch -- Mountain Climbing and a Wedding -- Twenty-Nine Years -- Married Lady -- I Want Her Back -- Dust to Dust -- Epilogue: Machu Picchu -- Acknowledgments.

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