Amy Bloom has written an emotional and loving memoir about her husband's life with alzheimers and his subsequent death in Switzerland. Even though difficult (i.e. sad, which is an emotion that many of us can do without these days), I would recommend this book. ( )

i want to wrap this book up in my arms and give it the biggest and longest hug. i immediately fell in love with both amy and brian. amy bloom is magnificent and her voice!!! i could listen to her talk to me about the most boring subject. her voice is authentic and true. this is a slim, but powerful love story between amy and brain and the reality they were faced is packed filled with useful instructive, revealing, informative information. this was courageously written as it's a deeply serious book, but at its core “In Love” is a love story. a love story with grief, loss, death, more grief, more loss, more love. amy bloom is as real as any one person could possibly be.. tender, passionate, angry, funny, self-doubting, intuitive. this book is such a beautiful gift amy bloom gave to us ( )

Not a cheerful read, but very emotional and honest. ( )

Heartbreaking, honest and also still informative. Those are the words that came to my mind while reading the true story of Amy Bloom and her husband Brian. The strength it took to go through with Brian's decision to end his life on his own terms (and not let Alzheimer's decide for him!) was eyeopening. I also learnt a lot about the process of getting through the paperwork, etc. needed to get the final, legal approval (at least in CH) to decide that "enough is enough!" ( )

I am very glad Amy Bloom wrote this book and that it is proving to be very popular. This is an issue that definitely needs more attention. I really felt for Amy as she squared her shoulders and did what needed to be done - research all of the ways a person can legally end their own life. Not for herself but for her husband Brian, who is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease at the age of 65. Once he knows his fate, he makes up his mind that he will die rather than let the disease take its toll. And because he cannot manage the very rigorous planning and logistics, it is up to Amy to arrange everything. They settle on Dignitas in Switzerland, perhaps the only place in the world where, for people in their situation, it can legally be done. This is her telling of that experience. That said, this memoir somewhat missed the mark for me. I did not like Brian very much, and had no sense of any inner struggle he may have had, or even the grief and anger he surely must have felt. It seems like there were many buried emotions in their relationship that were hinted at, but not fully explored. The actual moment in Zurich when Brian takes the drugs and slips away is somewhat anti-climactic and a little bizarre. Oh well - I await a better book to come on this subject. ( )