Amy Bloom

Amy Bloom is the author of the memoir and Brian’s wife. She noticed changes in his memory and patterns after he retired early from a new job that he seemed to have been enjoyed and withdrew from other close friendships. Suddenly, it seemed there was a barrier between them. When he finally was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, Amy’s life changes completely. Brian was determined to die via assisted suicide rather than waiting for the disease to progress far enough to take away all of his memories and autonomy.

Amy begins to support Brian as they find out more about Dignitas and the assisted suicide process. Her memoir is heartfelt and gut-wrenching at times as she weighs her own feelings of pain and disappointment alongside Brian’s need to be in control of the end of his life. Amy is deeply independent and has...