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REMEMBER ME
What happens when you lose your beloved husband wgo only a couple of years before received a heart transplant? You go crazy, that's what-you grieve, curse and somehow, through the loveof those around you-you come out on top.
This is the story of Mary Ann Barrucco. Following her earlier memoir Hi, my name is Mary Ann, in raw emotional language Barrucco reminisces about the events that occur after her husband Eddie's transplant. after the miraculous surgery, Eddie and Mary Ann celebrate by renewing their wedding vows and going on a cruise. The author takes the reader along on these adventures, and introduces a host of memorable characters. After Eddie's death, Mary Ann clings to life with the support of friends and a group for the grieving widows.
Within the heartache, there is also joy and a will to live, even when the relatives get nasty, as they fight over an inheritance. Remember Me is gutsy and bold. It celebrates life while looking squarely at death.
This is the story of Mary Ann Barrucco. Following her earlier memoir Hi, my name is Mary Ann, in raw emotional language Barrucco reminisces about the events that occur after her husband Eddie's transplant. after the miraculous surgery, Eddie and Mary Ann celebrate by renewing their wedding vows and going on a cruise. The author takes the reader along on these adventures, and introduces a host of memorable characters. After Eddie's death, Mary Ann clings to life with the support of friends and a group for the grieving widows.
Within the heartache, there is also joy and a will to live, even when the relatives get nasty, as they fight over an inheritance. Remember Me is gutsy and bold. It celebrates life while looking squarely at death.
129 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2014
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Mary Ann Barrucco
3 books11 followersMary Ann Barrucco is a middle age middle class Italian American woman born and bred New Yorker. This is her first book "Something I had to get out, she explains.Mary Ann grew up in Bensonhyrst Brooklyn. She graduated from Layfatte High School and a week later her mother passed away from pancreatic cancer. Mary Ann was only 17 at the time. She was very close to her brother and sister and became like their mother. Her brother Sal passed away suddenly at the age of 36. Mary Ann met her husband and three years later had the wedding of her dreams. She soon realized that her new husband was becoming a alcoholic. She tried escaping from his drinking by gambling. soon she became a compulsive gambler. She went and got help at Gambler Anonymous. The icing on the cake was Eddie got a heart disease that he needed a heart transplant or would die. Mary Ann showed courage and strenght above and beyond an average person. Mary Ann still attends her gamblers anonymous meetings. She is one of the longest woman members of 22 years in the New York area. She was also nonimated for Who's Who of American woman.
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February 27, 2014
this book is raw and honest, this book inspires me to keep strong and have faith things could get better.
November 5, 2016
This is a non-fiction story about one woman's attempts to cope with life throwing everything at her.
Mary Ann is looking forward to life with Eddie, her husband. Both have good jobs with the City of New York. Eddie's drinking turns into full-blown alcoholism, and he takes it out on Mary Ann. To deal with the abuse, Mary Ann becomes a compulsive gambler. Eddie receives a really good incentive to stop drinking when his health collapses because he needs a heart transplant.
Eddie gets his new heart, and things start to improve between him and Mary Ann. They go on a cruise, and renew their wedding vows. Life is good. That is, until the day that Eddie is diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. The end comes quickly. Instead of being able to mourn her husband privately, Mary Ann is thrown into a battle among Eddie's family over, you guessed it, money.
Mom, the family matriarch, is 90 years old, and still has her faculties, but she can no longer live alone. Eddie's brother and his wife convince Mom to live with them in Florida. The problem is that the wife is a greedy, manipulative little you-know-what who makes no secret of her desire to get her hands on Mom's large bank account. A bigger problem is that Eddie's brother is totally unwilling, or unable, to stand up for himself or his family in New York to his wife.
Mary Ann makes her hatred for Greedy Wife very clear when the draining of the bank account starts (which the family in New York is able to stop). Greedy Wife cuts off all contact between Mom and New York, except to say things like 'Mom wants Mary Ann removed from the (already existing and rock-solid) will' or 'Mom wants no further contact with New York because they are being mean and inconsiderate' (which are total nonsense). Most of the contact between New York and Florida is done through attorneys. Through all this, a group of widows help Mary Ann grieve Eddie's death and keep her emotional bearings.
On the positive side, this is a very raw and plain-spoken story about love and death and family squabbles. It is short, and very much worth reading. On the negative side, this book really needs a trip, or another trip, to a professional proofreader.
Mary Ann is looking forward to life with Eddie, her husband. Both have good jobs with the City of New York. Eddie's drinking turns into full-blown alcoholism, and he takes it out on Mary Ann. To deal with the abuse, Mary Ann becomes a compulsive gambler. Eddie receives a really good incentive to stop drinking when his health collapses because he needs a heart transplant.
Eddie gets his new heart, and things start to improve between him and Mary Ann. They go on a cruise, and renew their wedding vows. Life is good. That is, until the day that Eddie is diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. The end comes quickly. Instead of being able to mourn her husband privately, Mary Ann is thrown into a battle among Eddie's family over, you guessed it, money.
Mom, the family matriarch, is 90 years old, and still has her faculties, but she can no longer live alone. Eddie's brother and his wife convince Mom to live with them in Florida. The problem is that the wife is a greedy, manipulative little you-know-what who makes no secret of her desire to get her hands on Mom's large bank account. A bigger problem is that Eddie's brother is totally unwilling, or unable, to stand up for himself or his family in New York to his wife.
Mary Ann makes her hatred for Greedy Wife very clear when the draining of the bank account starts (which the family in New York is able to stop). Greedy Wife cuts off all contact between Mom and New York, except to say things like 'Mom wants Mary Ann removed from the (already existing and rock-solid) will' or 'Mom wants no further contact with New York because they are being mean and inconsiderate' (which are total nonsense). Most of the contact between New York and Florida is done through attorneys. Through all this, a group of widows help Mary Ann grieve Eddie's death and keep her emotional bearings.
On the positive side, this is a very raw and plain-spoken story about love and death and family squabbles. It is short, and very much worth reading. On the negative side, this book really needs a trip, or another trip, to a professional proofreader.
March 25, 2014
What a strong Lady
Starting to read the second book by Mary Ann Barrucco, the tears came back to my eyes. How can she cope with all that that was throwing at her?
One good thing, her husband became sober, but then he got a heart disease and needed a new heart, a heart transplant. All went well and their love just blossomed. Only to be taken away from her again through cancer.
And still Mary Ann was so dedicated to her husband.
No one should go through all these things Mary Ann went through. As she said with her own words, “Life must go on.”
As I said in my review for her first book, “My name is Mary Ann” I say it again, what a strong woman she is to cope with all that.
As she said again to herself: “Mary Ann, life is what it is. So just accept it and be happy.”
Mary Ann, we will remember you. Awesome girl
Starting to read the second book by Mary Ann Barrucco, the tears came back to my eyes. How can she cope with all that that was throwing at her?
One good thing, her husband became sober, but then he got a heart disease and needed a new heart, a heart transplant. All went well and their love just blossomed. Only to be taken away from her again through cancer.
And still Mary Ann was so dedicated to her husband.
No one should go through all these things Mary Ann went through. As she said with her own words, “Life must go on.”
As I said in my review for her first book, “My name is Mary Ann” I say it again, what a strong woman she is to cope with all that.
As she said again to herself: “Mary Ann, life is what it is. So just accept it and be happy.”
Mary Ann, we will remember you. Awesome girl
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