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by: Nancy Rossi  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN: 9780812910810 ISBN: 0812910818 Label: Times Books Manufacturer: Times Books Number Of Pages: 294 Publication Date: 1983 Publisher: Times Books Studio: Times Books Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A Walk To Remember in Real Life...Along the path of life, we all endure several hardships, but the worst by far is having to live on after the person we loved most dearly is gone. It happened to me at the age of seven. I could not believe that my mother would go away and leave me to fend for myself at such a young age. She, too, died of cancer -- a long, lingering ordeal. We'd visit every evening at the hospital and go outside to cry. When the funeral was conducted, I kept asking "Why does she look like a man?" They had simply ... Read More Rating:  - HeartbreakingNancy Rossi's story of her husband's tragic death still moves me twenty years after I read it the first time. A beautiful story of true love and wrenching loss and frustration over the needless death of her husband from cancer - and corporate greed. Rating: - A touching & beautiful story of love & lossI read this as a Reader's Digest Condensed Book. It was very moving. It's one that stays with you. Like Mrs. Rossi, I have a wonderful marriage. I can't imagine being as strong as she was to survive such a tragic loss. She had to be carry on for her baby boy though. Since this true story ends in 1981, & I read it in 2002, it makes me wonder if Nancy Rossi remarried (how does one find another soulmate? I'd like to think it's possible to have another great love after being widowed so young.) I hope ... Read More Rating: - A warm and moving account of love and surival.A wonderful lovestory. Nice to read about a couple so in love. So inspiring how Mrs. Rossi dealt with her loss. The book somwhow prepared me for the loss of my mother in someway. I've often wondered how Mrs. Rossi and her son have done through the years. I've thought of them often, and hope they are well. 
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