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Beloved NPR host Rehm's latest memoir begins with her husband John's end—depleted by Parkinson's disease, unable to "stand walk, eat, bathe, or in any way care for himself on his own, he was now ready to die." After 54 years of marriage—joyful, combative, celebratory—Rehm agonizes as he finally succumbs after refusing all water and nourishment for weeks and ponders her life ahead alone. Her experience as witness spurs her to fight f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More