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It's okay to laugh : (crying is cool, too) / Nora McInerny Purmort.

by Purmort, Nora McInerny.

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Dey Street Books, an imprint of William Morrow, [2016]

616.99481 P985i

Purmort, Aaron, -2014.

Purmort, Nora McInerny.

Brain -- Cancer -- Patients -- Biography.

Brain -- Cancer -- Patients -- Family relationships.

Terminally ill -- Family relationships -- Biography.

Couples -- Biography.

9780062419378 (hc.)

Alternate title:

It is okay to laugh : (crying is cool, too)

274 pages ; 24 cm.

When Nora's partner Aaron was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer, they refused to let it limit their love. They got engaged on Aaron's hospital bed and had a baby boy while he was on chemo. In the period that followed, Nora and Aaron packed fifty years of marriage into the three they got, spending their time on what really matters: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, each other, and Beyoncé. A few months later, Aaron died in Nora's arms. The obituary they wrote during Aaron's hospice care revealing his true identity as Spider-Man touched the nation. A young, fresh twist on the subjects of mortality and resilience. What does it actually mean to live your wild and precious life to the fullest? How can a joyful marriage contain more sickness than health? How do you keep going when life kicks you in the junk? A love letter to life, in all its messy glory; it reads like a conversation with a close friend, and leaves a trail of glitter in its wake.

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