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Ryan
Jan 16, 2017 rated it really liked it
Shelves: borrowed, audiobooks, 2017
Funny thing about picking up a book without reading the back of it: one actually doesn't know what they are getting into. If I did, I might not have started this one...at least, not right now. Of course, without knowing that, I didn't know what sort of waters I was wading into until I was hip-deep in them.

But life's like that sometimes, right?

This moment hit especially hard:

“Bereavement is not the truncation of married love,” C. S. Lewis wrote, “but one of its regular phases—like the honeymoon.”
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Patrick
Jul 10, 2017 rated it it was amazing
I couldn't put this one down. Finished it in basically one sitting. What a fantastic true story. Paul was exactly the type of person that we need more of. A wonder of the human race in some ways. A tragic story about the search for meaning from someone deeply connected with understanding how we work from the inside out. A wonderful read. Paul's love for deep reading comes through in his beautiful writing. You'll never forget this story; the hardship, the love, the dedication, but mostly the pers ...more
Ann
Jan 02, 2021 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2021-aty-52
I couldn't read it in one sitting due to the topic, but it has the length and introspection I wish Grey's Anatomy had. ...more
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Nov 04, 2017 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Nov 21, 2018 rated it it was amazing
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Jennifer
Jan 21, 2020 rated it really liked it
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Jul 23, 2019 rated it really liked it
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Scott
May 15, 2020 rated it really liked it
Christina
Nov 03, 2020 rated it it was ok
Vicky
Jan 31, 2021 marked it as to-read
Shelves: memoir, health, death
Kate
Sep 28, 2022 rated it really liked it
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