“Ackerman is one of my favorite authors because she has such a great gift for beautifully written nonfiction. In this memoir she chronicles the tragic but triumphant story of her husband, also a famous and well-published writer, who had a brain-wasting stroke that resulted in his loss of language. This is an incredibly inspiring story of the power of love, the love of language they based much of their relationship on, medical self-advocacy, and an affirmation to never say never!”—Sandy, Grass Roots Books & Music, Corvallis, OR