The
Award-Winning Title:
Goodbye, Walter: The Inspiring Story of a Terminal Cancer Patient
by RuthAnn Hogue
Foreword by Dr. C. Stratton Hill
(1996 recipient of the Humanitarian Award of the American Cancer Society)
ISBN: 0-9728071-2-8
192 pages,
5½ x 8½, softcover, $13.95
Goodbye, Walter is the first
place winner in the memoir category for the 2006 communications award from the
Arizona Press Women, and
the second place winner for the National Federation of Press Women.
In February 1997, Walter Schifter was dying of cancer.
During the final three weeks of his life, RuthAnn Hogue visited him
frequently and reported his thoughts and fears in a series for the Daily
News-Sun, a newspaper serving the Sun Cities in Arizona. Walter's pain and
misery had put him on the verge of suicide, but compassionate hospice care
reawakens his zest for life as he teaches us how to care for the dying and
shows us the dignity and worth of every individual. Their encounter so touches
RuthAnn that she experiences a spiritual awakening and a re-commitment to
the relationships in her own life. Join them on their journey to the edge of life in this
remarkable and inspiring story.
Karen Villanueva called Goodbye, Walter "an intimate
look at the process of death and the human heart and spirit. As Hogue
struggles with her own "deaths" and rebirths, she finds salvation in her
hospice care assignment. Hospice care "saves" Walter Schifter and Walter
Schifter saves RuthAnn Hogue. Providing a rare glimpse into the mind of a
dying man, Hogue's book also renders a moving portrait of the intimates
involved: Their highs and lows, their joys and sufferings, as well as their
moments of enlightenment. For those of little faith, and for those of great
faith. Touching and commendable."
ISBN: 0-9728071-2-8
Softcover $13.95
192 pages, 5½ x 8½
You can learn more about RuthAnn on our
RuthAnn Hogue page, visit the
Goodbye, Walter site, or you may visit RuthAnn's web site at
www.myneighborsconnection.com
