A Private Battle

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Cornelius Ryan was a reporter and author of The Longest Day, The Last Battle and A Bridge Too Far, all well-received World War II accounts that made him famous. He and his wife were well connected in New York City circles and here, they want you to know it. The name dropping is endless and tedious. As he is working on his last, much anticipated book, he discovers he has cancer. It is his dying wish to get this last work finished despite his weakened body and spirit.

The writing is good and the honesty is such that you would find in one's personal diary, but it includes TOO many details that just are not interesting to the average reader. His reporter skills come out in that regard but all the minutiae do not add to the story. From the vantage point of forty years later, one can certainly appreciate medical advances in cancer treatment. Not that they have it figured out, by any means, but treatment options have improved.

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