Worth Fighting For Love, Loss, and Moving Forward

From Patrick Swayze's widowthe moving, New York Timesbestselling account of grief, loss, caregiving, and moving on, with touching stories from their final months together. Lisa Niemi and Patrick Swayze were married for thirty-four years. When they first exchanged vows, Lisa promised to be with her husband "till death do us part." Worth Fighting Foris a remarkably candid look at what losing a partner really entailshow to care for him or her, how to make it through each day without falling into despair, and how to move forward. Lisa Niemi Swayze shares the details of Patrick's twenty-one-month battle with Stage IV pancreatic cancer, and she describes his last days, when she simply tried to keep him comfortable. She writes with heartbreaking honesty about her grief in the aftermath of Patrick's death, and she openly discusses the challenges that the years without him have posed. While this is an emotionally honest and unflinching depiction of illness and loss, it is also a hopeful and life-affirming exploration of the power of the human spirit. Like The Year of Magical Thinkingand A Widow's Story,this book is both a tribute to a singular marriage and a celebration of the healing power that each day holds, even in the most difficult of circumstances.

Lisa Niemi Swayze is the coauthor of The Time of My Life, which she wrote with her late husband, Patrick Swayze. She wrote, directed, and produced the film One Last Dance and has held many film, television, and Broadway roles, including starring in the play Without a Word with her husband, garnering six Drama Critics Awards.