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Annabelle Gurwitch

Biography

Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch is an actress, activist, New York Times bestselling author of five books, and two-time Thurber Prize finalist. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Wall Street Journal. Gurwitch was the longtime co-host of Dinner & a Movie on TBS, a regular commentator on NPR and stage performer. She lives in Los Angeles.

Annabelle Gurwitch

Books by Annabelle Gurwitch

The End of My Life Is Killing Me: The Unexpected Joys of a Cancer Slacker
by Annabelle Gurwitch - Autobiography, Biography, Essays, Health, Medicine, Memoir

After Annabelle Gurwitch received an out-of-the blue diagnosis of Stage 4 lung cancer, an existential dread set in. Annabelle declared herself a cancer slacker. Her motto: no runs, no ribbons, no religion. Told with her signature wit, warmth and gimlet eye, Gurwitch draws inspiration from Greek mythology and TV comedies. In this hilariously and deeply affecting meditation on mortality, the actress and activist illuminates life with chronic disease, inequities in care and celebrates tiny victories, the crusty ends of baguettes, the discreet pleasure of sucking at a hobby and the unshakable bond of female friendship. She upends the notion of living each day as if it were your last, as she discovers you can carpe too much diem, embracing, instead, the extraordinariness of the ordinary.