“An extraordinary and important book.” —Oliver Sacks

“Remarkable . . . [A] brave, elegiac work. Both hopeful and terrifying, it’s a tale of love’s resilience, but also its limits in conquering the sudden cruelties of life . . .A haunting meditation on a love more enduring than the body or mind, and . . . a potent reminder that even an irreparably altered life is still a life to be cherished.” —Renee Graham, The Boston Globe

“This is the story of great love forged when death almost parts you and then doesn’t—a book that will take its place next to those slender volumes that become tattered and torn as I read and reread and reread, as if my own life depended on it. To Love What Is is Alix Kates Shulman’s masterpiece.” —Honor Moore, author of The Bishop’s Daughter

“This remarkable book speaks openly and honestly and with exquisite poignancy about the durability of love.” —Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon