{"id":45698,"date":"2019-08-31T15:10:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T19:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=45698"},"modified":"2019-08-31T10:35:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T14:35:36","slug":"dying-by-cory-taylor-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/dying-by-cory-taylor-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Dying by Cory Taylor [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Dying-by-Cory-Taylor-on-BookDragon-516x800.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-42629\" width=\"516\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Dying-by-Cory-Taylor-on-BookDragon-516x800.jpg 516w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/08\/Dying-by-Cory-Taylor-on-BookDragon.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/>\u201cI am making dying bearable for myself,\u201d Cory Taylor reveals in her final book, originally published in her native Australia just months after she passed away in 2016 from melanoma-related brain cancer at 61. A euthanasia drug she bought online allowed Taylor some semblance of autonomy, \u201cthat [she] might yet be able to influence [her] fate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With that sense of control intact, Taylor wrote with crisp, unadorned clarity, determined to tell her own story about the difficult family she was born into and the nourishing haven she created with her husband and two sons. That beloved husband and their children\u2019s faces became the \u201cshort answer to what [she\u2019ll] miss most.\u201d The long answer, \u201cthe world and everything in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Australia-born, LA-domiciled Larissa Gallagher graciously, heart-wrenchingly gives Taylor posthumous voice. Gallagher\u2019s voice remains soft and gentle, her vowels slightly elongated, the ends of her syllables down-under crisp. Her soothing presentation feels like a calming balm, tender and graceful despite the inevitable, moribund outcome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Dying-\/pid=9067896\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Dying-\/pid=9067896\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Booklist Online<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Dying-\/pid=9067896\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">, August 9, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI am making dying bearable for myself,\u201d Cory Taylor reveals in her final book, originally published in her native Australia just months after she passed away in 2016 from melanoma-related brain cancer at 61. 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