the days of her dying

The ramifications a mother and daughter had to endure after hearing the word "cancer" is covered with great sensitivity in this book. The author tries desperately to hold her home, job and family together while everything else falls apart. The distance between mother and daughter is situational but this period of time brings them closer emotionally. Nevertheless, the inevitable must take place. This is the true account of a daughter learning to let go of her mother and a mother taking leave of everything.