
JASON B . ROSENTHAL is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Boy, co-written with his daughter, Paris. He is the board chair of the Amy Krouse Rosenthal Foundation, which supports childhood literacy and research in early detection of ovarian cancer. A lawyer, public speaker, and devoted father of three, he is passionate about helping others find ways to fill their blank space as he continues to fill his own. Jason resides in Chicago, a city he is proud to call home. @jasonbrosenthal amykrouserosenthalfoundation.com
by Jason B. Rosenthal
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An inspiring memoir of life, love, loss, and new beginnings by the widower of bestselling children’s author and filmmaker Amy Krouse Rosenthal, whose last of act of love before her death was setting the stage for her husband’s life without her in the viral New York Times Modern Love column, “You May Want to Marry My Husband.” On March 3, 2017, Amy Krouse Rosenthal penned an op-ed piece for the New York Times ’ “Modern Love” column —”You May Want to Marry My Husband.” It appeared ten days before her death from ovarian cancer. A heartbreaking, wry, brutally honest, and creative play on a personal ad—in which a dying wife encouraged her husband to go on and find happiness after her demise—the column quickly went viral, reaching more than five million people worldwide. In My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me , Jason describes what came his commitment to respecting Amy’s wish, even as he struggled with her loss. Surveying his life before, with, and after Amy, Jason ruminates on love, the pain of watching a loved one suffer, and what it means to heal—how he and their three children, despite their profound sorrow, went on. Jason’s emotional journey offers insights on dying and death and the excruciating pain of losing a soulmate, and illuminates the lessons he learned. As he reflects on Amy’s gift to him—a fresh start to fill his empty space with a new story—Jason describes how he continues to honor Amy’s life and her last wish, and how he seeks to appreciate every day and live in the moment while trying to help others coping with loss. My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me is the poignant, unreserved, and inspiring story of a great love, the aftermath of a marriage ended too soon, and how a surviving partner eventually found a new perspective on life’s joys in the wake of tremendous loss.
Op 3 maart 2017, tien dagen voor ze overleed aan eierstokkanker, schreef kinderboekenauteur Amy Krouse Rosenthal een column voor The New York Times: You May Want to Marry My Husband. Het was een hartverscheurende, genadeloos eerlijke en creatieve variant op een contactadvertentie, waarin een vrouw haar echtgenoot op haar sterfbed aanmoedigt om verder te gaan en geluk te vinden na haar overlijden.De column ging viral en bereikte meer dan vijf miljoen mensen wereldwijd. In Leven, liefde, verlies en een nieuw begin beschrijft Jason B. Rosenthal zijn leven voor, met en na Amy en reflecteert hij op liefde, de pijn van het verliezen van een dierbare en wat het betekent om verder te moeten gaan. Zijn emotionele verhaal biedt inzicht in het pijnlijke rouwproces, maar laat ook zien hoe hij een nieuw perspectief op de mooie dingen in het leven vond.