This Life I Live
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This Life I Live

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

This Life I Live

About this book

** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **

Her story. His story. The love story of Joey and Rory.

By inviting so many into the final months of Joey's life as she battled cancer, Joey and Rory Feek captured hearts around the world with how they handled the diagnosis; the inspiring, simple way they chose to live; and how they loved each other every step of the way. But there is far more to the story.

"My life is very ordinary, " says Rory. "On the surface, it is not very special. If you looked at it, day to day, it wouldn't seem like much. But when you look at it in a bigger context—as part of a larger story—you start to see the magic that is on the pages of the book that is my life. And the more you look, the more you see. Or, at least, I do."

In this vulnerable book, he takes us for the first time into his own challenging life story and what it was like growing up in rural America with little money and even less family stability.

This is the story of a man searching for meaning and security in a world that offered neither. And it's the story of a man who finally gives it all to a power higher than himself and soon meets a young woman who will change his heart forever.

In This Life I Live, Rory Feek helps us not only to connect more fully to his and Joey's story but also to our own journeys. He shows what can happen when we are fully open in life's key moments, whether when meeting our life companion or tackling an unexpected tragedy. He also gives never-before-revealed details on their life together and what he calls "the long goodbye, " the blessing of being able to know that life is going to end and taking advantage of it. Rory shows how we are all actually there already and how we can learn to live that way every day.

A gifted man from nowhere and everywhere in search of something to believe in. A young woman from the Midwest with an angelic voice and deep roots that just needed a place to be planted. This is their story. Two hearts that found each other and touched millions of other hearts along the way.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. 1. Famous for Love
  3. 2. Stronger
  4. 3. The Middle of Nowhere
  5. 4. Trailer Trash
  6. 5. Mama Bare
  7. 6. A Hero’s Story
  8. 7. Things That Go Away
  9. 8. Uncle Goombah
  10. 9. Froot Loots
  11. 10. Nashville
  12. 11. Joining Up to Sing
  13. 12. Your First Time Lasts
  14. 13. Forgiven Greatly
  15. 14. Marine Biology
  16. 15. From Texas to Tennessee
  17. 16. Song Righter
  18. 17. Baggage Claim
  19. 18. Father Figure
  20. 19. Duct-Tape Parenting
  21. 20. Self-Help Was No Help
  22. 21. Die Living
  23. 22. Never Gonna Happen
  24. 23. A New Family
  25. 24. Circa 1870
  26. 25. Something Good
  27. 26. Farmer Boy
  28. 27. Killing Myself
  29. 28. My Name Is Joey
  30. 29. A Girl, a Dog, and a Truck
  31. 30. Nothing to Remember
  32. 31. Sign Language
  33. 32. The Right Left Hand
  34. 33. A Clean Slate
  35. 34. Crossing Our Hearts
  36. 35. Alter Call
  37. 36. Sexual Healing
  38. 37. Honeymooners
  39. 38. Love Doesn’t Exist
  40. 39. A Green Heart
  41. 40. Changing Lives One Sip at a Time
  42. 41. Nothing Matters
  43. 42. Money
  44. 43. Rhymes with Tex
  45. 44. The Name Game
  46. 45. Ten Percent
  47. 46. On the Same Page
  48. 47. Baby Crazy
  49. 48. Almond Eyes
  50. 49. Life Is Complicated
  51. 50. Fame to Farm
  52. 51. Turn, Turn, Turn
  53. 52. Ups and Downs
  54. 53. Hurt People Hurt People
  55. 54. Josephine
  56. 55. Something Worse
  57. 56. Surgery and More
  58. 57. No More
  59. 58. Crying and Driving
  60. 59. Indiana Home
  61. 60. Saying Good-Bye
  62. 61. Second Guesses
  63. 62. Life Imitating Art Imitating Life
  64. Epilogue: After Happily Ever After
  65. About the Author