Author and screenwriter Delia Ephron has been through a lot. Both her sister (well known author Nora Ephron) and husband passed away from cancer and Delia is feeling unmoored from this world. Delia is a prolific author best known for writing You've Got Mail and Siracusa; to write about her feelings helps her cope and understand life's pain. When her sister passed away in 2012 from leukemia, she wrote a column about her sister's death titled "I am not my sister." This column garnered lots of attention and one email that Delia received was from Peter, a man she had dated over 54 years ago.
Surprisingly, at least to Delia, they begin a romance.
It's when Delia herself is diagnosed with the same leukemia that killed her sister that the illusion of a happy ever after, romcom type of romance is challenged. Delia details her struggles with leukemia and the brutal treatment that she chooses to undergo; all while her romance with Peter is still in the newlywed phase. The author does a remarkable job of balancing the exhilaration of new love, with the pain of loss and illness.

* I read an advance copy and was not compensated.