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Mary Ann Schwalbe was a wonderful person, fiercely dedicated to her family, her beliefs, and her work with women and children refugees around the world. She was an amazingly accomplished woman who was ahead of her time as the first female administrator at both Radcliffe and Harvard. She pushed her family to do and be their best and they were. This book is a poignant testimony to the strength of Will Schwalbe's love for his mother and her love for him. While waiting for a chemo treatment, Will asks his mother what she's reading, and so begins a discussion about books, and the formation of a two-person book club through which they learn much about each other, both differences and commonalities. In between their discussions, Will tells the story of the strength and dedication of his mother. She travels the world fighting for the rights of refugees, even going so far as to bring some of the home and sponsor their educations. She fights to raise money to build a library in Kabul to promote literacy and knowledge. She is brave and she is convincing. However, as the cancer slowly eats away at her, you begin to see the human frailties that each of us possess, even the strongest among us. Will wrestles with the knowledge that his mother won't be there for much longer and he must treasure each moment he has with her, eventually coming to realize that the written words that they have shared and discussed will keep her close to his heart after she is gone. This is truly a book about unconditional love of both parent/child and literature and the ways each of them can make you see the world a little differently after you've had the chance to share its thoughts with someone else.Read full review
A little sad but had many other suggestions for other books!!
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