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The bright hour : a memoir of living and dying / Nina Riggs.

Riggs, Nina, (author.).

Summary:

Riggs provides a memoir of living meaningfully with 'death in the room' after her terminal cancer diagnosis.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781432843465
  • ISBN: 143284346X
  • Physical Description: 407 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: Large print hardback edition.
  • Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
Subject: Riggs, Nina > Health.
Riggs, Nina > Philosophy.
Breast > Cancer > Patients > United States > Biography.
Terminally ill > United States > Biography.
Death.
Life.
Death > Psychological aspects.
Mothers > United States > Biography.
Women poets, American > Biography.
Genre: Large print books.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Trails Regional.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Trails Regional-Technical Services.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Festus Public Library 362.196 Riggs LP (Text) 32017000077784 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Scenic Regional-Hermann LP B RIG (Text) 3006246775 Large Print NonFiction Available -
Scenic Regional-Warrenton LP B RIG (Text) 3005777510 Large Print NonFiction Available -

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The Bright Hour : A Memoir of Living and Dying
The Bright Hour : A Memoir of Living and Dying
by Riggs, Nina
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The Bright Hour : A Memoir of Living and Dying


A New York Times BestsellerPoet Nina Riggs was just thirty-seven years old when initially diagnosed with breast cancer. Within a year, the mother of two sons, married sixteen years to her best friend, received the devastating news that her cancer was terminal. This is her exquisite memoir about learning how to live -- and love -- every day, with "death in the room."

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