Just twenty-seven hours later, Liz suffered a pulmonary embolism and died instantly, without ever holding the daughter whose arrival she had so eagerly awaited. Liz's pregnancy was rocky, but they welcomed Madeline, beautiful and healthy, into the world on March 24, 2008. After years of long-distance dating, the pair finally settled together in Los Angeles, and they had it all: a perfect marriage, a gorgeous new home, and a baby girl on the way. So vivid, so powerful and pitch-perfect, is his evocation of his beloved Liz that I could hear her laughter and see her face for days after putting the book down.Matt and Liz Logelin were high school sweethearts. "Almost unparalleled as a raw and unapologetic portrait of grief, TWO KISSES FOR MADDY is a stunning testimony of the kind of love- fated, magnificent- that inspires novels. With two kisses and an open heart, he shows how love can sustain us." - Jeffrey Zaslow, New York Times bestselling coauthor of THE LAST LECTURE "In Matthew Logelin's honest and poignant story, we learn a great many lessons about the fragility of life, and about the strength we all can summon to move forward. Read this book and put your life back in perspective." -Brad Meltzer, New York Times bestselling author of HEROES FOR MY SON But how can you possibly call depressing what is so filled with love and life and the unstoppable message of how lucky we are to have what we have. Some of your tears will be for the beauty of love and its miraculous power to heal even the deepest wounds." -John Grogan, New York Times bestselling author of MARLEY & ME It will make you cry but not only out of sadness. "TWO KISSES FOR MADDY is less a conscious piece of writing than a spontaneous eruption from the heart. "Heartbreaking, raw, moving and uplifting at the same time." - The Hollywood Reporter "A tender memoir that combines the deep sadness of loss with the joys of parenthood even under incredibly trying circumstances." - Kirkus Reviews In honoring Liz's legacy, heartache has become solace. In this memoir, Matt shares bittersweet and often humorous anecdotes of his courtship and marriage to Liz of relying on his newborn daughter for the support that she unknowingly provided and of the extraordinary online community of strangers who have become his friends. Though confronted with devastating grief and the responsibilities of a new and single father, Matt did not surrender to devastation he chose to keep moving forward-to make a life for Maddy. Liz's pregnancy was rocky, but they welcomed Madeline, beautiful and healthy, into the world. Matt and Liz Logelin were high school sweethearts. TWO KISSES FOR MADDY A MEMOIR OF LOSS AND LOVE MOVIEThe #1 hit movie on Netflix starring Kevin Hart, based on the courageous and searingly honest memoir about the first year of the author's life following the birth of his daughter and the death of his wife.
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