Summary of Frank Bruni's The Beauty of Dusk

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview:

#1 I went to bed believing I was in control of my life, but I woke up realizing how little I actually was in control of anything. I went to bed with more grievances than I could count, but I woke up with more gratitude than I could measure.

#2 I was a boomer, born in the last qualifying year of 1946 to 1964, and thus the inheritor of a brand of overconfidence and defiance that doesn’t make adequate allowances for the wages of aging and inevitability of affliction.

#3 I had one relatively harmless carcinoma surgically excised from my back ten years earlier, and another erased from my nose by a chemotherapy cream. I had no problems with my eyesight.

#4 When you travel down the road of a complicated, unusual or serious illness, you learn that your ache for answers isn't necessarily everyone else's. While your situation is front and center for you, it is likely back burner for your white-coated saviors, who juggle scores of equally pressing cases and clients.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 24, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669368373

IRB Media

With IRB books, you can get the key takeaways and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience.

Book preview

Insights on Frank Bruni's The Beauty of Dusk

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I went to bed believing I was in control of my life, but I woke up realizing how little I actually was in control of anything. I went to bed with more grievances than I could count, but I woke up with more gratitude than I could measure.

#2

I was a boomer, born in the last qualifying year of 1946 to 1964, and thus the inheritor of a brand of overconfidence and defiance that doesn’t make adequate allowances for the wages of aging and inevitability of affliction.

#3

I had one relatively harmless carcinoma surgically excised from my back ten years earlier, and another erased from my nose by a chemotherapy cream. I had no problems with my eyesight.

#4

When you travel down the road of a complicated, unusual or serious illness, you learn that your ache for answers isn't necessarily everyone else's. While your situation is front and center for you, it is likely back burner for your white-coated saviors, who juggle scores of equally pressing cases and clients.

#5

I had a stroke, and it was the most frightening and exciting thing that had ever happened to me. I was excited and scared at the same time.

#6

I had a sudden drop in blood pressure, which caused one of my optic nerves to be deprived of blood, ravaging it. There was a chance that I would go blind in my other eye.

#7

There was a trial of a drug to repair some of the optic-nerve damage done by my type of stroke, and it was approved by the US Food