The last kiss: a true story of love, joy and loss

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Leslie Brody, a newspaper reporter and mother of two, thought her life was finally heading in the right direction when she married Elliot, a romantic, funny and brilliant editor with three children of his own. But six years after their wedding, they learned that Elliot, only 55, had pancreatic cancer--and would be lucky to live for a year or two. With a journalist's eye for intimate detail, Leslie shows how they made the very most of the time they had left together. Told with heart, humor and compelling immediacy, The Last Kiss is a love story about the life-affirming power of a passionate marriage, the importance of loyal friends, and the resilience of children growing up through one of life's harshest trials. This is the most important story she has ever told.;Cover; Contents; Prologue; Two Weddings; The Things He Carried; Italy, June 2006; Be a Gladiator, July 2006; Win This For My Boys, August 2006; What to Say; The Things I Carried; Last Kisses, October 2006; My Kind of Faith; My Guides to the Wilderness; Adventures in Weed, December 2007; Insta-Nurse, January 2007; Belonging; Waiting, April 2007; What About the Rest of Us? April 2007; Why I Began to Write, May 2007; Wisps of Worry, Summer 2007; Dumb Things People Say; Escape, October 2007; War and Peace and Pancakes; Dolphins, January 2008; When it Rains ... Later in January 2008. Cover Contents Prologue Two Weddings The Things He Carried Italy, June 2006 Be a Gladiator, July 2006 Win This For My Boys, August 2006 What to Say The Things I Carried Last Kisses, October 2006 My Kind of Faith My Guides to the Wilderness Adventures in Weed, December 2007 Insta-Nurse, January 2007 Belonging Waiting, April 2007 What About the Rest of Us? April 2007 Why I Began to Write, May 2007 Wisps of Worry, Summer 2007 Dumb Things People Say Escape, October 2007 War and Peace and Pancakes Dolphins, January 2008 When it Rains ... Later in January 2008. A Letter from ElliotHow to Sleep With Yoour Husband in a Hospital Bed, May 2008 The Peach, Summer 2008 Celebration, September 2008 Where's Roger? October 2008 Looking Over the Abyss, November 2008 Home Thanksgiving, 2008 9-1-1 Drifting Away, December 13, 14 & 15 The Perfect Thing The First Days And Then Why a Widow Needs a Puppy Jiminy Cricket, Summer 2009 Gratitude, Thanksgiving 2009 Even Now, December 2009 Letting Go, October 2010 Epilogue 2012 Acknowledgments Reading Group Guide.