Meryman, Richard, — Hope: a loss survived.

Boston, Little Brown, (1980). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Unforgettable & true story of a man and his lovely but doomed wife, whose death he is determined to battle with all his heart. and strength, and to survive as a whole man. Remarkable account of hard, pratical measures he learned to take to ensure he and his two young daughters would not be victims, crushed by grief and loss but survivors. Meryman has looked at his tragic personal experience with a writer's double vision: searching for the overall human patterns related to loss and survival as well as revealing his individual emotions and behavior. The facing within the famly of an intimate death, the rewards and terrors of the decision to care for the dying at home. Merryman is the author of Andrew Wyeth and Mank: the wit, wisdom and life o f Herman Mankiewicz. He lives with his two daughters in NY and NH. DJ slight tanning at side of spine and some edge wear.