Summary

Leave Everything You Know Behind takes on the complicated messiness of a terminal illness and turns it into a beautiful legacy.

5-STAR REVIEW: LEAVE EVERYTHING YOU KNOW BEHIND by Ginny Fite

The Description

Publication Date: December 22, 2023

An unexpected friendship changes everything for two women facing the hardest challenges life can dish up.

Cranky, aging newspaper publisher Anne Canfield is determined to live forever, no matter what. Young, brilliant writer and teacher Indira Anand thinks she wants to die. But the winter morning Anne saves Indira Anand from drowning, everything changes.

​When Anne is diagnosed with incurable brain cancer and has only months to live, she must hurry to save her newspaper, heal her regrets, keep her secrets hidden, and protect her son from the truth before time runs out. Indira, thwarted by both the law and her distant husband but desperate to escape the pain she watched her grandmother endure, wavers about her decision. Out of options, Indira reaches out to Anne, and they make a pact to help each other. Now it’s just a question of time.

The Review

Two women explore life and death in this heart-tugging story, highlighting the value of friendship.

Author Ginny Fite delivers relatable main characters in Leave Everything You Know Behind. As the aging matriarch of her family, Anne Canfield has no intention of slowing down while operating the family newspaper. No one is safe from her sometimes acerbic tongue.

Indira Anand, a writer and teacher at the local college, meets Anne under trying circumstances. Their next encounters highlight how each woman faces the news of a terminal diagnosis. Rather than opting for potential treatment for her second bout of ovarian cancer, Indira wants to die on her own terms. Her frustration and pain as her loved ones reject the idea of an assisted death is evident.

Meanwhile, Anne’s health takes a tragic turn as she is diagnosed with brain cancer. Her response, however, is much different than Indira’s because Anne wants to live. The friendship between the two deepens as Indira reads to Anne. There’s some extra family drama that reveals long-buried secrets, impacting relationships.

Readers will find themselves immediately connecting with the characters, recognizing their worries and fears. However, the author uses this story to demonstrate how love can soften even the hardest of hearts.

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About The AuthorAward-winning writer and journalist, Ginny Fite has been a journalist, a spokesperson for a governor and for a member of Congress, held posts in higher education institutions, and a robotics R&D company. Writing about ordinary people who grapple with extraordinary circumstances, her eight novels span the genres of mystery, thriller, adventure, and women’s fiction.

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Amy Wilson
Amy Wilson
My name is Amy W., and I am a book addict. I will never forget the day I came home from junior high school to find my mom waiting for me with one of the Harlequin novels from my stash. As she was gearing up for the "you shouldn't be reading this" lecture, I told her the characters get married in the end. I'm just glad she didn't find the Bertrice Small book hidden in my closet. I have diverse reading tastes, evident by the wide array of genres on my Kindle. As I made the transition to an e-reader, I found myself worrying that something could happen to it. As a result, I am now the proud owner of four Kindles -- all different kinds, but plenty of back-ups! "Fifty Shades of Grey" gets high marks on my favorites list -- not for character development or dialogue (definitely not!), but because it blazed new ground for those of us who believe provocative fiction is more than just an explicit cover. Sylvia Day, Lexie Blake, and Kristin Hannah are some of my favorite authors. Speaking of diverse tastes, I also enjoy Dean Koontz, Iris Johansen, and J.A. Konrath. I’m always ready to discover new-to-me authors, especially when I toss in a palate cleanser that is much different than what I would normally read. Give me something with a well-defined storyline, add some suspense (or spice), and I am a happy reader. Give me a happily ever after, and I am downright giddy.

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