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This is a book you certainly want to like because it is born of the author's pain and tragedy. She is very open and real about what has happened in her past—including the loss of her husband, their beginnings as a couple, and her early widowhood—as befitting a memoir. However, as a nurse, I had a hard time getting past what she chose as the first scene. Given my profession, I'm not a fan of patients or patient’s families screaming at medical personnel. Yes, I understand the difficulty the author faced and the frustration she felt at that moment, but what would be accomplished by her yelling at the doctors in the ICU nurse's station that they should make her husband better because they are doctors in a hospital? A hospital is already a high-stress environment, especially the ICU. Acting like that smacks of elitist entitlement. Thankfully, I have not actually seen that at the hospital myself; most people are more reserved and circumspect when they get bad news, and they don’t typically take it out on the messengers, especially those who are doing the best they can within the constraints they have. This scene may not negatively impact anyone who isn't a medical professional, so you may enjoy this memoir more than I did.