| Last Things, First Things | | | | meeting someone at the hospital...someone who he |
| | | | feels drawn to in ways he never has felt before. |
| ISBN-10: 0595269427 | | | | Erin is working on the plans of her dream house. As |
| Review by Heather Froeschl | | | | an architect she is successful yet her ambition drives |
| What would you do if you had only a short time left | | | | her to fulfill her goal of designing the perfect house. |
| to live? What if you did everything you thought | | | | She also wants a baby and a husband and is in the |
| you'd wanted to do but your life was just empty and | | | | process of adopting a baby girl. But her fatigue is |
| lonely? Could you call your life complete if you had | | | | dragging her down and scaring her to no end in her |
| not accomplished what you thought was your life's | | | | worry over what it could be that is causing it. Her |
| work? Wells Earl Draughon has addressed some very | | | | doctor tells her she is fine, and she believes him. She |
| deep topics in "Last Things, First Things." His | | | | trusts him. |
| characters confront issues that we all hope we won't | | | | Taking a trip to the Greek islands seems to be the |
| ever have to. This makes for a heart touching, | | | | answer for much needed rest and inspiration. When |
| thought provoking read. | | | | Val and Erin find each other there, the draw between |
| Val believes that he is dying of cancer. He saw the | | | | them is evident. Should he tell her that he is dying? |
| foreboding word on his medical charts. His mistrust of | | | | Should she tell him she is adopting a child? She makes |
| doctors convinces him that he has little time left and | | | | him feel alive and complete. He makes her forget her |
| he takes matters into his own hands. He quits his job, | | | | exhaustion. Is the love they have discovered enough |
| sells everything he owns and is ready to embrace | | | | to get them through their troubles? Or is it the very |
| the world during his last weeks. But all he feels is | | | | thing they live for? |
| empty and hopeless. Except for the memory of | | | | |