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Author:

Ziegler, Deborah, 1956- author.

Title:

Wild and precious life / Deborah Ziegler.

Edition:

First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Emily Bestler Books/Atria,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xiii, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Ziegler, Deborah,--1956-
Brain--Patients--Patients--United States--Biography.
Assisted suicide--United States--Biography.
Right to die--United States.
Mothers and daughters--Biography.

Notes:

"Atria/Emily Bestler Books nonfiction original hardcover."

Contents:

Part One. Catastrophe -- Foreboding -- Bad News -- Willful Child -- Not on the Same Page -- The Two of Us -- Promises -- Sweet Pea -- Craniotomy ; Part Two. Renunciation -- Denial -- Middle Years -- Recovery -- High School Hell -- Bad Mother -- Spreading Wings -- It Can Always Get Worse ; Part Three. Epiphany -- First Love -- No Cake for You -- Berkeley Girl -- Living in the Moment in Alaska -- Changing Her Mind (A Woman's Prerogative) -- Making a Nest to Die In -- Playing House -- Love You Hate You -- Free Bird -- Pre-Grief Is a Nasty Bitch -- Mountain Climbing and a Wedding -- Twenty-Nine Years -- Married Lady -- I Want Her Back -- Dust to Dust -- Epilogue: Machu Picchu.

Summary:

"Written by Deborah Ziegler, the mother of Brittany Maynard--a twenty-nine-year-old woman with a terminal brain tumor--this touching and beautiful memoir captures and celebrates her daughter's spirit and the mostly untold story of Brittany's last year of life as she chose her right to die with dignity, a journey that inspired millions."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1501128523 (trade paperback)
9781501128523 (trade paperback)
1501128515 (hardback)
9781501128516 (hardback)

LCCN:

2016022234

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