"Dying: a Memoir", by Cory Taylor

I can't say I "loved" this book: "Dying: a Memoir", by Cory Taylor.  It's hard to say that of a book about dying, one with much sadness and sad memories and anger.  But I found it personal, interesting and compelling.  It's a short book of 141 small pages...not a long read.  The author is dying from a ten-year battle with incurable melanoma; her book was first published in Australia in 2016, a couple of months before she died.  It is also filled with gratitude and acceptance. She surveys her life, especially the impact on it from her mother and her father.  She debates suicide, pros and cons, with herself, and makes  preparations for it.  Not long before her death, she gives her answers (on a radio program) to questions such as am I scared? do I have a bucket list? and what will I miss the most?  She describes her life-long passion for writing, starting with the magic of penmanship practice in elementary school.  And some individuals who tried to help her through the last phases of her life.  I am glad to have encountered Cory Taylor, and her personal reflections as her life was coming to its close.