I go crazy when Eddie dies I grieve curse,and loose it. Then I have to deal with the relatives that are making life impossible for me, Within the heartache, there is also sheer joy and a will to live. Remember Me is gutsy and bold. I celebrates life, while looking squarely at death
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remember me by mary ann barrucco
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Short and very much worth reading
This non-fiction story about one woman's attempt to cope with life throwing everything at her.
Mary Ann is looking forward to life with Eddie, her husband. Both have good jobs with the City of New York. Eddie's drinking turns into full-blown alcoholism, and he takes it out on mary Ann. To deal with the abuse, Mary Ann becomes a compulsive gambler/ Eddie received a really good incentive to stop drinking when his health collapes because he needs a heart transplant.
Eddie gets his new heart and things start to improve between him and Mary Ann. They go on a cruise and renew their wedding vows.life is good, that is until the day Eddie is diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. The end comes quickly. Instead of being able to mourn her husband privately, mary Ann is thrown into a battle among Eddie's family over, you guessed it, money.
Mom, the family matriach, is 90 years old and still has her faculties, but she can no longer live alone. Eddie's brother and his wife convince mom to live with them in florida. The problem is that the wife is greedy, manipulative little uou-know-what who makes no secret of her desire to get her hands on Mom's large bank account. A bigger problem is that Eddie's brother is totaly unwilling , or unable to stand up for himself or his family in New York to his wife. Mary Ann makes her hatred for Greedy Wife very clear when the draining of the bank account starts which the family in New York is able to stop. greedy cuts aoff all contact between Mom and New York, except to say things like Mom wants Mary Ann removed from the already existing and rock-solid will or Mom wants no further contact with New York because they are being mean and inconsiderate which is total nonsense Most of the contact between Ny and florida was done through attorneys. Through all this, a group of widows help Mary Ann grieve Eddie's death and keep her emotional bearings.
This a a very raw and plan -spoken story about love, death and family squabbles.
it is short and very much worth reading
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