![]() ![]() He was diagnosed with kidney cancer when his daughter, Emma was just 12 years old. This is a book written by Garth Callaghan to inspire parents to have stronger bonds with their children and connect with them. 6.) Napkin Notes: Make Lunch Meaningful, Life Will Follow Victor Frankl survived all the four camps but lost his parents, brother and pregnant wife. He explains how the primary drive in life is discovering what it is that one finds meaningful. His lessons about survival are based on his personal experiences, and the experiences of his fellow sufferers at Nazi death camps. This book is written by Viktor Frankl and it describes how one cannot avoid suffering but can still keep life going by choosing to cope with it and finding something meaningful in it. Lara Avery has written a book about a girl Sammie who always has a plan. ![]() It is commendable how nothing stands in her way and she is able to love life amidst all the turmoil. She jots down all the memories from the minutest detail of her first date to how she blames herself for the fight she had with her childhood best friend. Due to this disorder, she will start forgetting things and therefore, she decides to write a book for her future self. It is about how magnificently she is able to keep her life in control after getting to know about her rare genetic disorder. The author, Lara Avery has written a book about a girl Sammie who always has a plan. The book portrays the grief of the parents and also how nothing comes in the way of true love. It describes how even after knowing in advance about their illnesses, nothing stops them from believing and living their lives passionately. She is glad to discover how well Gus understands her and how they have similar tastes when it comes to their love for books. Her life completely changes when she meets Augustus Waters in her cancer support group. ![]() It is about a girl, Hazel Grace who is just 16 years old but fights cancer really bravely. This is one of the most heart touching books and the writer John Green will surely make you cry. Stephen Levine enlightens us on the importance of living each moment, each hour, each day to the fullest. ![]() It helps you deal with unfinished business and cherish life so that later you don’t feel that the ultimate moment came too soon. After conducting a year long experiment of thinking that he had only one year to live, he shares with us that preparing for death is the most rational thing to do. He puts great emphasis on the fact that even though many of us like to either deny or laugh off the fact that we are all going to die someday, time is running out and there is a lot that we need to achieve in so little time. This book is unique in it’s own way and the writer Stephen Levine enlightens us on the importance of living each moment, each hour, each day to the fullest. 2.) A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last It also talks about how a new father plans on nurturing a new life as his own life fades away. This book is a true reflection of how facing death can be very challenging and how from being a successful doctor you can be a patient struggling to live. He makes us wonder how coming face to face with one’s mortality changes nothing but then again everything. A neurosurgeon, his life turned upside down when he was transformed into a patient from a doctor at Stanford. He was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer when he was just thirty-six years old. This book is written by Paul Kalanithi who teaches us a whole new way of looking at life by giving us an insight on his first hand experience with a terminal illness. We hope they give you a new perspective to look at the precious life. This list contains a mixture of non-fiction and fiction books. Below is a curated list of ten books, in which the main character is suffering from a terminal illness. We get immersed into the shoes of someone else, and sometimes, we get powerfully inspired. Stories of struggle and courage lend us a different pair of glasses to see the world. However, I believe reading such books is a worthy and a worthwhile exercise. Reading books about illness and suffering may not be everyone’s cup of tea. And when we see the ones who are suffering, living out their lives with grace, strength and love – we indeed take inspiration from their powerful energy in the face of all odds. It is when we witness the challenges and hard times that people go through, that we realize the blessings of our own health and circumstances. Being aware of the fact that your life is going to come to an end, is not a knowledge that everyone can cope with. Dealing with a terminal illness is very difficult for the person suffering from it, and their friends, family and other loved ones. ![]()
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