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Our stories all end the same way; the difference is how we get there. Many accepted the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money for ALS, but the real challenge of Lou Gehrig's Disease begins the moment you or someone you love is diagnosed with this terminal illness. Michael Hemery's memoir follows his father's last day alive, interwoven with stories of his childhood and his father's two-year decline. So We Go not only delves into the world of ALS, euthanasia and the medical community's abandonment, but also offers a narrative of hope--and even laughter--as the Hemerys rally around their beloved husband, father, and grandfather. So We Go: The Day My Father Died is a story of relentless optimism in the face of certain death.

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A moving tribute to an extraordinary, ordinary man, a devoted father who loved fiercely and was loved with the same fierceness by all those around him. By turns, elegiac, unflinching, and dignified, Hemery has written a tribute to his father that creates a vivid portrait of a man no one wanted to let go. I imagine that as a young man, Daniel Hemery must have listened to those Beatles lyrics and taken them dead seriously. 'And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.' If not, they could just as well have been writing about him. - Robin Hemley, author of Nola: A Memoir of Faith, Art, and Madness Michael Hemery's new book So We Go: The Day My Father Died is a new kind of wisdom literature, the kind whose poignance and relevance will never die out. Somehow he manages to take his own grief and suffering and turn it into an astonishing elegy of love, courage, and hope. And his father lives on in these pages in a way that transforms his death into a timeless and unforgettable story. - Robert Vivian, author of The Least Cricket Of Evening and Mystery My Country

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