Life was pretty good. They had moved back into the city to a neighborhood where they could walk to coffee, ice cream, a movie or drinks. The kids were all launched. The neighbors were cool. Their jobs were going well. Practically perfect. Then, one sunny August afternoon, she received the diagnosis - metastatic breast cancer. Suddenly, their storybook life turned into a nightmare with one setback after another. In a matter of months, she was gone. Sometimes heart-wrenching, sometimes heart-warming, She Left the Party Early is a gripping look at death, dying and grief.