Death Be Not Proud (Perennial Classics)
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Summary from Goodreads:
Death Be Not Proud chronicles Johnny Gunther's gallant struggle against the malignant brain tumor that killed him at the age of seventeen. The book opens with his father's fond, vivid portrait of his son - a young man of extraordinary intellectual promise,
who excelled at physics, math, and chess, but was also an active, good-hearted,
and fun-loving kid. But the heart of the book is a description of the agonized months during which Gunther and his former wife Frances try everything in their power to halt
the spread of Johnny's cancer and to make him as happy and comfortable as possible.
In the last months of his life, Johnny strove hard to complete his high school studies.
The scene of his graduation ceremony from Deerfield Academy is one of the most powerful - and heartbreaking - in the entire book.
Johnny maintained his courage, wit and quiet friendliness up to the end of his life.
He died on June 30, 1947, less than a month after graduating from Deerfield.
Death Be Not Proud chronicles Johnny Gunther's gallant struggle against the malignant brain tumor that killed him at the age of seventeen. The book opens with his father's fond, vivid portrait of his son - a young man of extraordinary intellectual promise,
who excelled at physics, math, and chess, but was also an active, good-hearted,
and fun-loving kid. But the heart of the book is a description of the agonized months during which Gunther and his former wife Frances try everything in their power to halt
the spread of Johnny's cancer and to make him as happy and comfortable as possible.
In the last months of his life, Johnny strove hard to complete his high school studies.
The scene of his graduation ceremony from Deerfield Academy is one of the most powerful - and heartbreaking - in the entire book.
Johnny maintained his courage, wit and quiet friendliness up to the end of his life.
He died on June 30, 1947, less than a month after graduating from Deerfield.
Being a lifelong fan of the song "Sink the Bismarck", I've always thought it was the Biz that sank the "Mighty Hood" but according to The New York Times (1944) it was the Prinz Eugen.
Thank you, Johnny, for schooling me.
Aside from that little piece of trivia, all I can say about this book is that reading it was like running my heart through a shredder.
Almost every page had me in tears.
I can't even imagine what watching your seventeen-year-old son die of brain cancer would do to a parent and I don't know how the father was
able relive it all by writing this book.
Rest in Peace, Dear Johnny.
Thank you, Johnny, for schooling me.
Aside from that little piece of trivia, all I can say about this book is that reading it was like running my heart through a shredder.
Almost every page had me in tears.
I can't even imagine what watching your seventeen-year-old son die of brain cancer would do to a parent and I don't know how the father was
able relive it all by writing this book.
Rest in Peace, Dear Johnny.
Journal Entry 3 by book_drunkard at Wishlist Tag Game, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, July 3, 2018
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Happy Reading!
Sent on behalf of another BCer whom asked that she was tagged by a
"tag it forward."
Happy Reading!
Arrived safely in Florida today. Thank you! And thanks for the bookmarks, too!
