What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love

by Carole Radziwill

One thing about cancer is that it makes your priorities crystal clear. It trumps everything else. There is no worrying, Where should I be in my life? No wondering why there are no children yet. The hospital schedules are nonnegotiable. The focus is on cancer and all that goes with it. My hobbies? Cancer. My interests? Cancer. My specialties, education, concentration? Cancer.

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. —ARTHUR MILLER