Calvin Trillin
This moving memoir was written about the author’s late wife, Alice. Trillin, a staff writer for the New Yorker, says in his book that he “wrote everything for Alice” in a constant journey to impress her and to make her laugh. The two shared so much of their writing together and Trillin often relied on Alice to proofread his work. In addition to talking about their common interest in writing, Trillin talks about Alice’s battle with cancer and her unending optimism about life, right up to the day she died.