The End of Your Life Book Club

Love a book that leads you to other books? Me too! A book to try is “The End of Your Life Book Club” by Will Schwalbe.

The book pays tribute to the author’s journey through his mother’s end-of-life cancer treatments.

Mom and son, both avid readers, took to reading like titles and discussing them during chemo sessions, a practice that became part of the fabric of their relationship during an emotional time. The story is a well-written narrative of medical appointments, family gatherings, emotions and all the accompanying decisions. But it’s heart is the shared reading experience — mother and son discussing favorite books, recommending titles and finding the courage to move forward in the realization of how much is revealed of a person through the literature he reads.

The book is thoughtful and filled with titles to scribble down for future exploration.

-Deanna