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In Love

A Memoir of Love and Loss

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In Love

By: Amy Bloom
Narrated by: Amy Bloom
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New York Times Bestseller

A poignant love letter to Bloom's husband and a passionate outpouring of grief, In Love reaffirms the power and value of human relationships.

In January 2020, Amy Bloom travelled with her husband Brian to Switzerland, where he was helped by Dignitas to end his life while Amy sat with him and held his hand. Brian was terminally ill and for the last year of his life, Amy had struggled to find a way to support his wish to take control of his death, to not submerge "into the darkness of an expiring existence".

Written with piercing insight and wit, In Love is Bloom's intimate, authentic and startling account of losing Brian, first slowly to the disease of Alzheimer's, and then on becoming a widow. It charts the anxiety and pain of the process that led them to Dignitas, while never avoiding the complex ethical problems that are raised by assisted death.

"Poignant, kind, funny and ultimately redemptive"—Alain de Botton, author of The Course of Love

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A remarkable story. Two remarkable humans. Wonderfully read and highly recommended. I could not stop listening and think I will listen again.

Simply remarkable

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Incredible story. Everyone should read this book. It will challenge and maybe change your perspective of death.

Everyone should read!

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What a heartbreaking story. Amy’s honesty and pragmatism are so compelling that this story pulls all your heart, mind and soul strings.

Heartbreaking powerful story

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