On My Own
  • Published: 15 February 2017
  • ISBN: 9781101973646
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $36.00

On My Own

A Memoir

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In an eloquent, deeply personal and moving book, the beloved NPR radio host Diane Rehm speaks about the painful death of her husband of fifty-four years--and of her struggle to reconstruct her life without him.

A beloved NPR radio host speaks about the death of her husband of fifty-four years—and of her struggle to reconstruct her life without him—in an eloquent, deeply moving book that “invite[s] comparisons to Joan Didion’s own memoir of loss, The Year of Magical Thinking” (The Guardian).

John Rehm was 74 when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's. Nine years later, he passed away, having made the difficult choice to end his extended illness by refusing to eat, drink, or accept medication. This process transformed Diane into an advocate for increased conversation end-of-life care and the right to die on one’s own terms, as well as a brave and sympathetic voice for anyone who must learn how to live again after bereavement.
  • Published: 15 February 2017
  • ISBN: 9781101973646
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $36.00
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Praise for On My Own

  • "NPR's Diane Rehm is known for cutting to the bone of the issue in her incisive interviews. She embraces the same tactic when telling her own story, of a life upended. . . . Rehm doesn't have all the answers, nor does she pretend to. What she does have, as always, is a flurry of important questions, perfectly considered and potently posed." --USA Today
  • "Important ... poignant" --The Miami Herald
  • "A plainspoken . . . passionate account . . . of [Diane Rehm's] journey through the first year of widowhood. . . . Eschewing self-help clichés, the deeply religious Rehm offers a meticulous narrative of her personal struggle to come to terms with a profound loss." --Bookpage
  • "Brave and uplifting." --Kirkus Reviews