One True Thing

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by Anna Quindlen

Ellen Gulden quits her lucrative career as a New York journalist to return home and care for her cancer-stricken mother Kate. In the little time they have left, the emotional, difficult, and revealing bond between mother and daughter intensifies, and Ellen is forced to confront unpleasant realities about her loving father. Ellen turns from beloved daughter to top suspect, accused of the mercy killing, after Kate's death.

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I wondered why I hadn't loved that day more, why I hadn't savored every bit of it...why I hadn't known how good it was to live so normally, so everyday. But you only know that, I suppose, after it's not normal and every day any longer.

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I wondered why I hadn't loved that day more, why I hadn't savored every bit of it...why I hadn't known how good it was to live so normally, so everyday. But you only know that, I suppose, after it's not normal and every day any longer.

— Anna Quindlen, One True Thing