I was happy to had the experience of reading this book. This memoir of Scott Simon retelling the experience of being by his mother's bedside before and during his mother's death. During the time at her bedside, Scott was able to relive a lot of memories with his mother and to discuss topics that were relevant to the concept of death to each person. This would be an excellent book for anyone having to deal with the death of a parent and finding an amount of "closure". Unfortunately, my mother's death was sudden so I did not get the opportunity to reflect with my mother in this way.