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Nina Riggs

The Bright Hour

The Bright Hour

A poignant memoir by Nina Riggs about living with terminal breast cancer.

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    “Nina Riggs was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer at 37. In her memoir, she reckons with mortality — and mothering her two sons with “death in the room.””

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