Eleanor Clift On Death And Writing

Approaching the 3rd anniversary of the death of her husband, journalist Tom Brazaitis from cancer, Newsweek columnist Eleanor Clift appeared on The Diane Rehmn Show this morning to talk about her memoir on the emotional experience. ”I wrote a column after Tom died … his ability to rise to the occasion surprised me,” Clift told Rehm. The column also attracted the attention of Bill Frucht of Basic Books, who, at a lunch, convinced the Newsweek contributing editor to write a book framed against the Terry Schiavo debate.