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Just properly cried. Big fat tears and snot and all. Over 'Me Before You' by Jojo Moyes..

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edam · 10/05/2013 22:58

It's an amazing book. Even though I knew about the issues, in a depersonalised, not happened to anyone I know, ind of way, even though you know what's happening... it still got me right in the solar plexus. Read it and weep!

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edam · 10/05/2013 23:13

Stealth - an appropriate enough location, in a way...

My absolute favourite author is Terry Pratchett, so it made me think about his situation again. His wife chose not to take part in the documentary he made about Dignitas, where they filmed the moment a man died. I can't imagine Sir Terry's pain, and I can't imagine hers, either. But I think (and may have got this wrong) that she does not agree with his wish to go to Dignitas when the time comes (well, actually, I think he wants to end it all in his own garden with a glass of good wine, but the crappy laws in this country prohibit that). Unbelievably hard.

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RayofSun · 10/05/2013 23:04

Agree, a really good read and quite sensitively written without victimising the character. Love a good blub!

stealthsquiggle · 10/05/2013 23:00

Made me blub too. Inconveniently, I was on a plane at the time.