The Last Act of Love is one of those books that followed me around, as some do from time to time. When scrolling online for books to read I came across it from recommendations. Later, I saw it highly recommended in a couple of magazines, and it further plagued me in my Amazon basket. I then came across it in a charity shop, but reminded myself of the dark and sobering themes and put it back, but a few weeks later I bought it and set aside a few hours so that I could stop the haunting. For those unfamiliar with the book, it is written by Cathy - in 1990, her brother is involved in a hit and run car accident, and we follow the family from desperately wishing for his survival, to years trying to get him out of an unconscious state. Undoubtedly, Rentzenbrink can write. To me, she has a clear writing style that I could pick out in a line up, probably months after having read this. In my opinion, her writing style is cathartic, almost calm – the line between factual and emotion...