This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:
The Time of My Life by Patrick Swayze and Lisa NiemiPublisher/Publication Date: Atria, Sept 29, 2009
In a career spanning more than thirty years, Patrick Swayze has made a name for himself on the stage, the screen, and television. Known for his versatility, passion and fearlessness, he's become one of our most beloved actors.
But in February 2008, Patrick announced he had been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. Always a fighter, he refused to let the disease bring him to his knees, and his bravery has inspired both his legion of fans and cancer patients everywhere. Yet this memoir, written with wisdom and heart, recounts much more than his bout with cancer. In vivid detail, Patrick describes his Texas upbringing, his personal struggles, his rise to fame with North and South, his commercial breakthroughs in Dirty Dancing and Ghost, and the soul mate who's stood by his side through it all: his wife, writer and director Lisa Niemi.
A behind-the-scenes look at a Hollywood life and a remarkable love, this memoir is both entertainment and inspiration. Patrick and Lisa's marriage is a journey of two lives intertwined and lived as one--throughout their years in Hollywood and at home on their working ranch outside Los Angeles, and culminating in the hope and wisdom they've imparted to all who know them. This book will open the door for families, individuals, and husbands and wives to grow, bond and discover entirely new levels of love and sharing, proving that life shouldn't be lived as a series of endings, but rather as the beginning of greater strength and love.(Amazon)Who didn't love Patrick Swayze?
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11 comments:
I bet that book will be huge!
me too me too; i just reserved this at the library. I'm #10 :)
great pick
I still can't believe he's gone. He was only a few years older than me. Good pick.
Great pick it looks like a tear jerker.
Have a good one.
It will be so sad to read. I may have to wait a while.
Mine is here
I want to read this - I loved Patrick Swayze.
What a great guy. And yeah, this one will be quite the seller I think.
I want to read this...I loved him and he was taken from us way too soon.
I just adored Patrick Swazye and I will have to read that book, but it will probably make me cry!!!!
I loved Patrick Swayze, such a shame about his death and he was so young really too :( Great pick this week.
I enjoy seeing hollywood give back to those who have helped them.
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