Chasing Daylight: How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life - Gene O'kelly

This New York Times bestseller is the honest, touching, and ultimately inspirational memoir of former KPMG CEO Eugene O'Kelly, completed in the three-and-a-half months between his diagnosis with brain cancer and his death. This paperback edition features a new Foreword by his wife, Corinne. \n \nTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\n \nChasing Daylight is the honest, touching, and ultimately inspirational memoir of former KPMG CEO Eugene O'Kelley, completed in the three-and-a-half months between his diagnosis with brain cancer and his death in September 2005. Its haunting yet extraordinarily hopeful voice reminds us to embrace the fragile, fleeting moments of our lives-the brief time we have with our family, our friends, and even ourselves. This paperback edition features a new foreword by his wife, Corinne O'Kelley and a readers' group guide and questions.\n \nVoicing universal truths . . . shared . . . simply and clearly.-Janet Malin, New York Times\n \nWords to live by.-Kerry Hannon, USA Today\n \nOne of the most unexpected and touching books you're likely to read this year.-Edward Nawotka, Bloomberg News\n \nAn honest, thought-provoking memoir . . . O'Kelly has many lessons to teach us on how to live.-Steve Powers, Houston Chronicle\n \n A] well-written and moving book.-TheEconomist.com\n