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" ... this keenly observed memoir delicately balances humor and heartache while signaling the importance of each passing moment. A profoundly moving remembrance that's alternately sad and uplifting."--Kirkus Review"Cramer opens her heart and digs deep in this authentic and unexpected story."(Lynn Povich author of The Good Girls Revolt) In the fall of 2017, Beth Cramer went to a doctor for heartburn and came home with seven samples of Prilosec and stage 4 ovarian cancer. Over the next several months Cramer was in and out of hospitals and doctors' offices with her three fearless sisters, parents, husband and son by her side. However, it was through her diagnosis and impending death that she was finally set free from an obsession and debilitating regret that had defined nearly a quarter of her life.
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Beth Cramer is an accomplished editor and director of independent films, commercials and music videos. Her award-winning documentary "Plan B, Single Women Choosing Motherhood," explores the social picture single motherhood presents and the reason this trend is snowballing among women in their thirties and forties. In 2017 Cramer was diagnosed with stage IV Ovarian Cancer and her memoir, WHY DIDN'T I NOTICE HER BEFORE? , documents her experience as a mother, wife, sister and daughter through her diagnosis. Today, Cramer lives with her husband and son in the Hudson Valley and spends her time writing and creating.
