I will do better : a father's memoir of heartbreak, parenting, and love

"The novelist Charles Bock was a reluctant parent, tagging along for the ride of fatherhood, obsessed primarily with his dream of a writing career. But when his daughter Lily was six months old, his wife, Diana, was diagnosed with a complex form of leukemia. Two and half years later, when all treatments and therapies had been exhausted, Bock found himself a widower-devastated, drowning in medical bills, and saddled with a daunting responsibility....