An inspiring story of love, loss and recovery

In the spirit of Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking and Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air comes Carrying the Tiger, a life affirming memoir about the full circle of life and death.

When Tony Stewart's wife, Lynn, receives a sudden and devastating diagnosis, they scramble to find effective treatment, navigate life threatening setbacks, learn to live fully in the shadow of death, and share the intimate grace of her departure from this world. Then Tony slowly climbs out of shattering grief and, surprisingly, eases toward new love.

There is uncertainty, fear, and sorrow, but also tenderness and joy, along with a renewed perspective on what it means to live and love with one's whole heart.

"[A] beautifully devastating memoir… a remarkable odyssey of learning to 'live fully in the shadow of death.'" — Publishers Weekly BookLife (Editor's Pick)

"Heart-wrenching . . . beautifully describes the couple's unique relationship" — Kirkus Reviews

"The book is not about disease but about care and love so that someone reading it might not fear the journey but find it miraculous, unexpected and enriching." — Cara Hyson, Director of the Writing Center, St. George's School