Worth Fighting For: Love, Loss, and Moving Forward - Softcover

Swayze, Lisa Niemi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1439196362 ISBN 13: 9781439196366

Publisher: Atria Books, 2012

Synopsis

From Patrick Swayze’s widow—the moving, New York Times bestselling account of grief, loss, caregiving, and moving on, with touching stories from their final months together.

When Lisa Niemi first exchanged vows with Patrick Swayze, she promised to be with her husband “till death do us part.” But how many couples stop and think about what that truly means?

Worth Fighting For is both a candid tribute to a marriage and a celebration of the healing power that each day holds, even in the most difficult of circumstances. Lisa shares the details of Patrick’s twenty-one-month battle with Stage IV pancreatic cancer, and she describes his last days, when she simply tried to keep him comfortable. She writes with heartbreaking honesty about her grief in the aftermath of his death and openly discusses the challenges that the years without him have posed. Her story is an emotionally honest and unflinching depiction of loss, but it is also a hopeful and life-affirming exploration of the power of the human spirit. “I tell you, I am a different person now,” she writes, “one who has been thrown into the fire and forged.”

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Patrick and I were/are both pilots, and we shared our love of aviation.

When Patrick received his diagnosis of cancer in January 2008, it would change our lives forever.

Ready to take off from the San Juan Islands, where Patrick and I had been exploring.

May 2009. At our ranch in New Mexico with two of our dogs, Lucas and Kuma.

I walk out for one on the happiest days of my life-- the renewal of Patrick's and my wedding vows.

At Rancho de Dias Alegres in New Mexico. The land is beautiful, soulful, and serene.

About the Author:

Lisa Niemi Swayze is the coauthor of The Time of My Life, which she wrote with her late husband, Patrick Swayze. She wrote, directed, and produced the film One Last Dance in 2004. She has held many film, television, and Broadway roles and in addition, she wrote, directed, and starred in the play Without a Word with her husband, garnering six Drama Critics Awards.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atria Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1439196362
• ISBN 13: 9781439196366
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336