The Last Kiss: A True Story of Love, Joy and Loss

5 best books like The Last Kiss: A True Story of Love, Joy and Loss (Leslie Brody): The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After, In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope, The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution, The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life, A Three Dog Life

The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After

Author	Julie Yip-Williams
ISBN	0525511350

As a young mother facing a terminal diagnosis, Julie Yip-Williams began to write her story, a story like no other. What began as the chronicle of an imminent and early death became something much more--a powerful exhortation to the living.

That Julie Yip-Williams survived infancy was a miracle....

In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope

Author	Rana Awdish
ISBN	1250119219

A first-person account from a young critical care physician describes how toward the end of her medical training she suddenly became a patient fighting for her own life, revealing how her experiences exposed her to flaws in today's care standards and how to better embrace the emotional bond between...

The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution

Author

Richard Dawkins

The renowned biologist and thinker Richard Dawkins presents his most expansive work yet: a comprehensive look at evolution, ranging from the latest developments in the field to his own provocative views. Loosely based on the form of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Dawkins's Tale takes us modern humans...

The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life

Author	Rod Dreher
ISBN	1455521914

THE LITTLE WAY OF RUTHIE LEMING follows Rod Dreher, a Philadelphia journalist, back to his hometown of St. Francisville, Louisiana (pop. 1,700) in the wake of his younger sister Ruthie's death. When she was diagnosed at age 40 with a virulent form of cancer in 2010, Dreher was moved by the way the community...

A Three Dog Life

Author

Abigail Thomas

Before reading:
Maybe what happens in this book is difficult, but I have the feeling it will have a hopeful message. I need to read something with dogs. You can rely on dogs being there for you when you need them. After the last book read I am so depressed with people.

On completion:
This...