Touching Pain with Love

Earlier this year, Nina Riggs’ The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying, was released to positive reviews and a spot on the New York Times Bestseller list. A mother of two from Greensboro North Carolina, Riggs was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. Earlier this year, the disease took her life. Recounting her battle against cancer, her book has been praised by reviewers as a meditation on the joy of living.