Passing, Michael Korda
Passing, Michael Korda
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Passing
A Memoir of Love and Death

Author: Michael Korda

Narrator: Henry Strozier

Unabridged: 8 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/08/2019

Synopsis

In the tradition of The Year of Magical Thinking comes a legendary editor's unflinching love song about his radiant wife, Margaret, and her battle with cancer. It was a warm April in Pleasant Valley when Margaret Korda, normally a fearless horsewoman, dropped her horsewhip while she was riding. Such a mild slip was easy to ignore, but when other troubling symptoms accumulated, she confided to her husband, "Michael, I think something serious is wrong with me." Within a few rapid weeks, the fiercely independent, former fashion model was diagnosed with brain cancer, while Michael, once reliant on her steeliness, became her caregiver, deciphering bewildering medical reports and packing her beloved toiletries for the hospital. An operation performed by a renowned surgeon allowed Margaret to ride her favorite competition horse Logan go Bragh a few more times, but Margaret's tumors quickly returned?leaving her to grapple with the reality of impending death. In rapturous prose, Korda, a modern- day Orpheus, braids her heroic story with heartrending details of their final year together. Passing, a tender memoir, is a testament to the transcendent possibilities of love.

About Michael Korda

Michael Korda participated in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and was awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary. He is the author of major biographies of Ulysses S. Grant, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Robert E. Lee., as well as the bestselling memoir Charmed Lives.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Glen on September 16, 2019

I won a book in a goodreads drawing, and this one came as a rider. It's the story of model who develops a brain tumor, and the way she and her family deals with the slow death. It's very sad. To go from a glamorous lifestyle to a shell of a human being is excruciating. Well written, but have some Kle......more

Goodreads review by Bookreporter.com on October 30, 2019

It’s a sad reality that memoirs about encounters with cancer are part of a burgeoning literary genre, but it’s not often the case that their authors bring to their creation the literary pedigree of a Michael Korda. For many years the editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster, Korda also has produced a boo......more

Goodreads review by Alicia on October 18, 2020

I always enjoy Michael Korda's books. He has lead such a life. He has shared so much of it. I will begin by saying I am such a fan. I fell into "Another Life: A Memoir of Other People" & when my Shelby Mare came home to me in April of 2007, I devoured "Horse People: Scenes From The Riding Life" & "Ho......more

Goodreads review by Joan on December 11, 2019

. In the past, I had read two non-fiction books by Korda, both centered on himself and his wife Margaret. Country Matters focused on renovation of an old farmhouse. Horse People was an amusing look at the equine set to which both Korda and his wife belonged. Passing however, is a different cup of te......more

Goodreads review by M on October 20, 2019

Michael Korda's wife passed away in 2017. While this writing is ultimately about the death of Margaret Mogford Korda, it is about the love, devotion, and passion Michael saw her express throughout their life together. Margaret's love of horses shines through as he talks about how they met on horseba......more

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