OPEN HEART by Elie Wiesel

Just finished this tiny book which one can read in a half hour.  It's lovely.  It's about Elie Wiesel's open heart surgery at the age of 82.  How he copes: physically, spiritually, intellectually, psychologically.  There is no doubt that this humanitarian's faith has provided him with an extraordinary capacity to love and empathize. He describes feelings for his family (current and lost) that zoom right into your heart.  His is so very different from what my own relationship to Judaism is, yet he exemplifies the goodness that comes from our faith.  Read this book, it's an extraordinary lesson in how to live a life when you're growing old.