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* INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *
“Stunning…heartrending…this year’s When Breath Becomes Air.” —Nora Krug, The Washington Post
“Beautiful and haunting.” —Matt McCarthy, MD, USA TODAY
“Deeply affecting…simultaneously heartbreaking and funny.” —People (Book of the Week)
“Vivid, immediate.” —Laura Collins-Hughes, The Boston Globe
Starred reviews from * Kirkus Reviews * Publishers Weekly * Library Journal *
Best Books of 2017 Selection by * The Washington Post *
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The New York Times bestseller by poet Nina Riggs, mother of two young sons and the direct descendant of Ralph Waldo Emerson, is “a stunning…heart-rending meditation on life…It is this year’s When Breath Becomes Air” (The Washington Post).
We are breathless but we love the days. They are promises. They are the only way to walk from one night to the other.
Poet and essayist Nina Riggs was just thirty-seven years old when initially diagnosed with breast cancer—one small spot. Within a year, she received the devastating news that her cancer was terminal.
How does a dying person learn to live each day “unattached to outcome”? How does one approach the moments, big and small, with both love and honesty? How does a young mother and wife prepare her two young children and adored husband for a loss that will shape the rest of their lives? How do we want to be remembered?
Exploring motherhood, marriage, friendship, and memory, Nina asks What makes a meaningful life when one has limited time? “Profound and poignant” (O, The Oprah Magazine), The Bright Hour is about how to make the most of all the days, even the painful ones. It’s about the way literature, especially Nina’s direct ancestor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and her other muse, Montaigne, can be a balm and a form of prayer.
Brilliantly written and exceptionally moving, it’s a “deeply affecting memoir, a simultaneously heartbreaking and funny account of living with loss and the specter of death. As Riggs lyrically, unflinchingly details her reality, she finds beauty and truth that comfort even amid the crushing sadness” (People, Book of the Week).
Tender and heartwarming, The Bright Hour “is a gentle reminder to cherish each day” (Entertainment Weekly, Best New Books) and offers us this important perspective “You can read a multitude books about how to die, but Riggs, a dying woman, will show you how to live” (The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice).
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"I would like to say my five star review is rooted in my own literary acumen and this particular book's compelling, beautiful, almost lyric prose. And the book is filled with beauty, lyric and profane. But since it was written by my wife, I feel like I have to come clean and say I'd be giving her five stars regardless, because I loved her more than anything. I love my kids a TON. They're amazing little guys, my favorite living people in the whole world, and I'd literally lay down in Boston traffic for them. But I'd swap them every day of the week for Nina. Sorry guys. Twice on Sundays. (Why Boston? Well, it may not be the worst traffic, but I think it's maybe got the drivers with the most mens rea of any city I've ever been to.).
Seeing the book come together, getting to witness the transition from idea, to concept, to manuscript, now to nearly final publication, has been a treat not only because of the publication itself, but how much its helped me and my family focus on the important things Nina left us. Her talent, her wit, charm, beauty, and her complete refusal to let terminal disease ruin the few bright days she had left after her cancer ran wild. The Bright Hour will be a tremendous legacy for our two boys as they grow and learn to live with their loss, and anytime they want access to Nina, a huge part of her will be right there on the page. But I also hope as many people as possible will share in that legacy and get to know Nina as well as anyone can now that she's gone. And not just because of the loss at such a young age, but because of the amazing person she was and the tremendous talent she had for sharing her vision for leading a good life, even under the shadow of terminal disease. Trust me: She was the absolute best and it comes through beautifully here in The Bright Hour."
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- I would like to say my five star review is rooted in my own literary acumen and this particular book's compelling, beautiful, almost lyric prose. And the book is filled with beauty, lyric and profane. But since it was written by my wife, I feel like I have to come clean and say I'd be giving her five stars regardless, because I loved her more than anything. I love my kids a TON. They're amazing little guys, my favorite living people in the whole world, and I'd literally lay down in Boston traffic for them. But I'd swap them every day of the week for Nina. Sorry guys. Twice on Sundays. (Why Boston? Well, it may not be the worst traffic, but I think it's maybe got the drivers with the most mens rea of any city I've ever been to.).
Seeing the book come together, getting to witness the transition from idea, to concept, to manuscript, now to nearly final publication, has been a treat not only because of the publication itself, but how much its helped me and my family focus on the important things Nina left us. Her talent, her wit, charm, beauty, and her complete refusal to let terminal disease ruin the few bright days she had left after her cancer ran wild. The Bright Hour will be a tremendous legacy for our two boys as they grow and learn to live with their loss, and anytime they want access to Nina, a huge part of her will be right there on the page. But I also hope as many people as possible will share in that legacy and get to know Nina as well as anyone can now that she's gone. And not just because of the loss at such a young age, but because of the amazing person she was and the tremendous talent she had for sharing her vision for leading a good life, even under the shadow of terminal disease. Trust me She was the absolute best and it comes through beautifully here in The Bright Hour. - Reading a beautiful memoir about a person who is facing imminent death is not light reading, especially when you know that the author does not live to see the publication of her book. However, reading a stunning book with their insightful, witty, and compassionate views of what it takes to be a friend, a daughter, a mother, a wife, how to keep living even when in great pain, and how to just care, knowing that your days are truly numbered is beyond eye-opening. It is hard to comprehend how Nina Riggs wrote THE BRIGHT HOUR A MEMOIR OF LIVING AND DYING considering what she faced. When did she do it? Between her mother dying of cancer shortly before she did, taking care of two young children, enduring painful treatment, going on trips with her family? Her stamina is astounding.
While her future, or lack of one, is unbearable, and casts a shadow over the book, she embraces life. There is so much to learn about love and about how having a sense of humor can get you through the toughest of times.
A descendent of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Riggs, feels her great-great-great grandfather with her as she is writing. She feels him when she takes a walk in the woods. She feels him when she visits her family’s vacation home that her great-grandfather built. His words are shared throughout the book and resonate with the reader like a song playing on a loop in your head.
“[Nature] always speaks of Spirit. It suggests the absolute. It is a perpetual effect. It is a great shadow pointing always to the sun behind us…. The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship.â€
Funny. Riggs admits to her mother that she is not a nature fan after a week at overnight camp. Her devotion comes by way of reading a good book. Truth be told, she didn’t connect with Emerson either, as a young girl. While a college student, walking in the woods, the bond was made.
She rereads Montaigne, who clearly has had a profound impact on her all of her life, sharing this knowledge with her mother and her husband, and imparting his wisdom with her boys. A writer who connects her with Emerson.
Memoir writers are a lot like teachers. Riggs guides us through her life, showing us many bumps as well as highlights, no preaching, a textbook not necessary. She carefully demonstrates how living with an incurable illness can be done with grace, a touch of humor, and a whole lot of honesty. The test at the end is that you did your best. This is how you will be remembered. - This is simply one of the most magnificent memoirs I've read in years. Even all the starred reviews and raving newspaper reviews' praises doesn't do The Bright Hour justice. I plan to give this book to loved ones for years to come and ordered a few extra copies to donate to our local cancer resource center at Providence. What a treasure this amazing woman has left behind. Don't miss this book.
- Nina Riggs' memoir, "The Bright Hour A Memoir of Living and Dying" can be compared to "When Breath Became Air", by Dr Paul Kalanithi, which was published in 2016. Both were written by late-30's year olds who were facing the end of their lives with quiet fortitude and a sense of spirit. Both realised their coming deaths from cancer was the cruel reality that only few people ever have to face. Riggs and Kalamithi both wrote beautiful books that were "finished" after their deaths by their loving spouses.
Nina Riggs was in her mid-thirties when a small lump was found in her breast. She underwent surgery and chemotherapy and radiation in an attempt to stop the progress. She was from a family whose "tree" was riddled with cancer; her mother died shortly before she did from multiple-meyloma. Riggs helped nurse her mother but also nursed herself. As the mother of two young sons, Riggs and her husband, John, had the tough case of keeping things together, but also facing the future together.
How does one stay calm in the face of the diagnosis of Stage 4 cancer? Nina Riggs turned to her writing and began a blog, which developed into this book. As the great, great, great granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson, she used his writing to help her approach to living and dying. She also turned to the writing of French Philosopher Michel de Montaigne, who popularised the essay as a literary genre. Most of Riggs' book is done in short essays. All told, Nina Riggs wrote beautifully before her untimely death.
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