Meryl’s answer to “Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?” > Likes and Comments

I'm sorry about your mother. I can relate to losing someone I loved very suddenly. My former fiance died on Christmas Day in 2000 from an asthma attack. We were only 33. I still think about him all the time, and am just sick when I think about his parents. He was the second child they lost, after their daughter who died during her college years. I can't begin to imagine that kind of heartache.