Within a year, she received the devastating news that her cancer was terminal. Poet and essayist Nina Riggs was just thirty-seven years old when initially diagnosed with breast cancer-one small spot. They are the only way to walk from one night to the other.

The New York Times bestseller by poet Nina Riggs, mother of two young sons and the direct descendant of Ralph Waldo Emerson, is 'a stunning.heart-rending meditation on life.It is this year's When Breath Becomes Air' (The Washington Post). Most Anticipated Summer Reading Selection by * The Washington Post * Entertainment Weekly * Glamour * The Seattle Times * Vulture * InStyle * Bookpage * Bookriot * Real Simple * The Atlanta Journal-Constitution * Starred reviews from * Kirkus Reviews * Publishers Weekly * Library Journal *īest Books of 2017 Selection by * The Washington Post * 'Vivid, immediate.' -Laura Collins-Hughes, The Boston Globe 'Deeply affecting.simultaneously heartbreaking and funny.' - People (Book of the Week)

'Beautiful and haunting.' -Matt McCarthy, MD, USA TODAY

' year's When Breath Becomes Air.' -Nora Krug, The Washington Post

The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs