This book is not just about dying. It’s mostly a love story about Ada’s efforts to live a full, happy, and loving life despite her physical and psychiatric issues, as well as about the author’s efforts to mitigate her suffering and prolong her life. It’s also about his advocacy for compassionate changes to the American Medical Aid in Dying programs that denied Ada and continue to deny people with debilitating nonterminal conditions the mercy of dying peacefully when they want to end their suffering.