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Non-Fiction

Hiraeth

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12. Thank you for re-reading it.

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #11)

Sat Apr 30, 2016, 01:50 PM

Apr 2016

I guess the tumor went into remission coinciding with the time of the diet. Remember though this was in the 1940's and the other doctors were on board with this.

What do you do as a parent? Desperate for hope. Anything.

So sad.

and they divorce, too. Such a strain on the marriage.

But, also:

1. Do you consider the book to be well written enough to be considered an American Classic?

2. Do you think you were affected differently from reading it through the eyes of an adult vs. reading it as a teenager?

Thanks again for re-reading and replying.

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Death Be Not Proud by, John Gunther. Just finished it. [View all] Hiraeth Mar 2016 OP

I read it about 55 years ago in high school. I can only remember it was about the death of his son. sinkingfeeling Mar 2016 #1

Maybe, this feeling will fade but right now, I have to rank this in my Top ten books ever read. Hiraeth Mar 2016 #2

I read it a very, very long time ago, back when I was in high school, SheilaT Mar 2016 #3

If you are a parent now, I think you will read it with a fuller understanding Hiraeth Mar 2016 #4

Yes, I am a parent. SheilaT Mar 2016 #5

Mr. Gunther writes so matter of factly about the events. Daily tidbits. Not an ounce of false Hiraeth Mar 2016 #7

I read it years ago ... I can't bring myself to do it again. But it was very, very good. nt. polly7 Mar 2016 #6

I can't quit crying. Silly me. The unfilfilled potential is one thing but, there is something else Hiraeth Mar 2016 #8

I read it a very long time ago. Neoma Apr 2016 #9

It is written so simply, directly and matter of factly. Subtle. Gut Punch. Hiraeth Apr 2016 #10

Okay, so I read it again. SheilaT Apr 2016 #11

Thank you for re-reading it. Hiraeth Apr 2016 #12

They were already divorced before Johnny got sick. SheilaT Apr 2016 #13

Yes, it reads like a snapshot of a long ago era. Times were so different then. Hiraeth Apr 2016 #14

It's my observation that young people don't relate SheilaT Apr 2016 #15

I can understand why young people of today can not relate to Catcher in the Rye - Hiraeth Apr 2016 #18

And I just got a text from the older son. SheilaT Apr 2016 #16

I thought I was watching a young mans descent into mental illness of some type. Or, at least Hiraeth Apr 2016 #17