In My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me, Jason describes what came next, even as he struggled with her loss. A huge one. RELEASED. I realized that I was forcing myself to continue reading- it wasn't pulling me in, engaging me, and adding to my life. A little over a year ago, my wife, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, published a Modern Love essay called “You May Want to Marry My Husband.” At 51, Amy was dying from ovarian cancer. My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me is the poignant, unreserved, and inspiring story of a great love, the aftermath of a marriage ended too soon, and how a surviving partner eventually found a new perspective on life’s joys in the wake of tremendous loss. It’s difficult to give a less-than-glowing review to a book about a man’s journey through the grief of losing his spouse and the mother of his children. About the Author. This is related as a cute and funny anecdote and th. Biographies & Memoirs. I really wanted to like this book. The narrative is undeveloped, leaping from cliche to folksy entitlement. My Wife Said You May Want ... by Jason B. Rosenthal. My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me is “an inspiring memoir of life, love, loss, and new beginnings by the widower of bestselling children’s author and filmmaker Amy Krouse Rosenthal, whose last of act of love before her death was setting the stage for her husband’s life without her in a column in the New York Times. The narrative is undeveloped, leaping from cliche to folksy entitlement. Thank you Edelweiss for the advanced reading copy. He then mentions how her parents who were ‘more 1950s than 1990s’ came down to support Amy and were horrified by all the gay people. Today, Jason Rosenthal joins us with his memoir, “My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me,” on his journey to find joy in life after tremendous sorrow. What was a benign memoir took a SHARP TURN in the last part. My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me: A Memoir Thursday, March 18, 2021 • 7:30PM. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Grief is dynamic and unique, and everyone handle it differently. She said, "Your life will be different, but it can be just as good." But it didn’t make for a compelling memoir about moving through grief. April 21st 2020 He may be right, but how can the rest of us hope to follow that model when we can’t all afford to build our “dream house” in downtown Chicago (he must have used that phrase a dozen times) and take a month off every single year to vacation around the world with our kids? Jason Rosenthal lost his wife just as they were starting a new phase in their lives as empty nesters. When my husband, Jim, died, my mother gave me the best advice I received. The grief of losing her was absolutely crushing, and still blindsides me at times, but I know it cannot compared with the grief of losing your spouse or your child or someone so very close to you. The first half was fantastic - the second half dragged a little for me. My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me is the poignant, unreserved, and inspiring story of a great love, the aftermath of a marriage ended too soon, and how a surviving partner eventually found a new perspective on life’s joys in the wake of tremendous loss. I feel lucky to have found a book that checks all three boxes. My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me is the poignant, unreserved, and inspiring story of a great love, the aftermath of a marriage ended too soon, and how a surviving partner eventually found a new perspective on life’s joys in the wake of tremendous loss.. My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me is now available for purchase. Mostly this book made me miss Amy so much, and wish that she were still alive. An inspiring memoir of life, love, loss and new beginnings by the widower of best­selling children’s author and film­maker, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, whose last of act of love before her death was setting the stage for her husband’s life without her in a column in The New York Times. I wish it had been left more raw, which is how it feels it should have been. Available Editions. This is a book about how privileged people talk about losing a loved one, while having a perfect life. How people live and what happens in the world outside your perfect family and friends, and career and kids and house and traveling, yoga, painting, reading (you do it all and that makes you fulfilled and a good person? It is a marriage that most would be both jealous and also aspire to experience. It does seem fairy-t. 3.5 and maybe 4. Jason will be in conversation with … Anyone? He has lots of people to thank, and he thanks them often. I read this in one go. He writes about it in his memoir, My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me. My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me is the poignant, unreserved, and inspiring story of great love, the aftermath of a marriage ended too soon, and how a surviving partner eventually found a new perspective on life’s joys in the wake of tremendous loss. Synopsis: An inspiring memoir of life, love, loss, and new beginnings by the widower of bestselling children’s author and filmmaker Amy Krouse Rosenthal, whose last of act of love before her death was setting the stage for her husband’s life without her in the viral New York Times Modern Love column, “You May Want to Marry My Husband.” It is his story and that’s fine. There’s so much to want to feel here, but none of it feels like it’s quite enough. I mean it. Start by marking “My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me” as Want to Read: Error rating book. What was your editor (whom you thanked) thinking? My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me is the poignant, unreserved, and inspiring story of a great love, the aftermath of a marriage ended too soon, and how a surviving partner eventually found a new perspective on life’s joys in the wake of tremendous loss. This book contains the entire original column as well as a follow-up column, written by the author, titled “My Wife Said You May Want To Marry Me,” excerpts from many of the responses he received, and passages from notes and letters he and his wife exchanged during what seemed like an idyllic marriage. About the Author. A beautiful inspirational and touching memoir about Jason's wife Amy Krouse Rosenthal. The problem is that this simply is not normal. Jason relates a story about when he and Amy were selling buttons (they sold antique buttons as a side business) in a gay neighborhood. A lawyer, public speaker, and devoted father of three, he is passionate, “One that stuck, and became meaningful in so many ways, was our Friday-night Shabbat dinners. A year later, he reflects on what her generosity has meant to him. It was an ode to the lovely 26 years they had together, but it also made his grief more public at such a difficult time. Simple. It’s like the book equivalent of the so-called inspiring sign in fake cursive that you buy at Home Sense and hang in your kitchen. Why do we have to listen to this, really? RECORD SCRATCH. A heartfelt book about love and grief. My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me is the poignant, unreserved, and inspiring story of a great love, the aftermath of a marriage ended too soon, and how a surviving partner eventually found a new perspective on life's joys in the wake of tremendous loss. He writes about it in his memoir, My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me. It seems like their family is strong, connected, and loving, but there were so many statements about how great people were that it felt like I wasn’t getting deep into what the family dynamics were really like. It feels like a dick move to leave a bad review of a memoir about grief by a man who clearly loved his wife greatly but wow I found this book completely insufferable. It is obvious that they shared an extraordinary marriage. As he said, “ It is a story of love and loss but also of appreciating the joy, beauty, and vitality of life. . Please. There’s also a level of privilege here that goes unexamined, and th. My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me is the poignant, unreserved, and inspiring story of a great love, the aftermath of a marriage ended too soon, and how a surviving partner eventually found a new perspective on life’s joys in the wake of tremendous loss. There’s so much to want to feel here, but none of it feels like it’s quite enough. Ten days before she died, Amy Rosenthal published an essay in The New York Times, titled “You May Want to Marry My Husband”. In the spring of 2017 the beloved author of many books, mostly known for her children's literature, Amy Krouse Rosenthal wrote a an op-ed entitled 'You May Want To Marry My … There’s a lot of padfooting around the fullest idea of grief here, and I wish it would have just taken the thing head on. This book is an homage to Amy and the difficulty of moving ahead when the person you love most has left you behin. Perhaps I am just a grouch who has a darker and more skeptical view of things and his life really WAS that perfect—in which case I am happy for him and everyone involved.