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."
On March 3, 2017, Amy Krouse Rosenthal penned an op-ed piece for the
New York Times' "Modern Love" column --"You May Want to Marry My
Husband." It appeared ten days before her death from ovarian cancer. A
heartbreaking, wry, brutally honest, and creative play on a personal
ad--in which a dying wife encouraged her husband to go on and find
happiness after her demise--the column quickly went viral, reaching more
than five million people worldwide.
In My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me, Jason describes what came
next: his commitment to respecting Amy's wish, even as he struggled with
her loss. Surveying his life before, with, and after Amy, Jason
ruminates on love, the pain of watching a loved one suffer, and what it
means to heal--how he and their three children, despite their profound
sorrow, went on. Jason's emotional journey offers insights on dying and
death and the excruciating pain of losing a soulmate, and illuminates
the lessons he learned.
As he reflects on Amy's gift to him--a fresh start to fill his empty
space with a new story--Jason describes how he continues to honor Amy's
life and her last wish, and how he seeks to appreciate every day and
live in the moment while trying to help others coping with loss. 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.
