My Last Day by Michael Nohe

 If you found out today that you had only three months left to live, how would you choose to finish out your life here on this side of eternity?  This is the premise of Michael Nohe's book, My Last Day. 

Robert Sanctus, an multimillionaire stock trader living in New York City, is informed by two of the most renowned medical institutions that he has terminal cancer and only a couple months left to live. Rob chooses to not receive treatment for his condition and to die on his own terms. He begins a journal to catalog his last two days of his life.  During those two days as he reflects on his past and pursues to relish his fleeting existence. He comes across a man who panhandles him then precedes to attempt to mug him. Rob stands up to the vagrant and the man runs off only to return to Rob to apologize.  This sets off a series of events that shake Rob's grasp of his purpose during his last couple days.  He meets a nun, a priest, a bar owner and a homeless mother and child. His spirituality and christian beliefs are explored and he grapples with the questions - Is ending his life on his own terms an unforgivable sin? - and- What will he find God and heaven are  like when he dies? 

As with everything in the world, the old adage "Man proposes and God disposes" comes into play.  Rob learns that he must live until he dies.  

My Last Day is told through the main character's journal entries, with Rob, being the narrator of his writings.  In addition to this there is a foreward and epilogue written by his financial advisor. 

I wasn't certain when I chose this book to review, whether I would feel uplifted or depressed upon finishing it.  Thankfully I was encouraged and perhaps enlightened.  Nohe's book inspires the reader to consider how they are currently living their life. If they were gone tomorrow, what are they leaving behind? If you don't like what your legacy would be...can you change your path while there is still time to do so? Do events happen by coincidence or is it all a part of God's eventual path? 

My Last Day is a very quick read, only a little over 100 pages, but well worth the time.  I finished the book and have been mulling the themes and questions brought forth by the writer ever since.  

I think this book would be amazing to read with a friend or as a member of a book club.  After finishing the book, get together and share how you would live your last day, as an itinerary.  What would you do? What would you eat? Who would you talk to? What would you leave behind? 

I give My Last Day a rating of 5 stars! I would rate it higher if there were more stars to give it.  I plan on ordering it on Amazon so that I can share it with friends and family.  Thank you to Micheal Nohe for writing this thought provoking book, NetGalley for the reader's copy to review and BooksGoSocial for promoting small press authors and marketing them for greater impact in the book market.  You can find My Last Day by Michael Nohe on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Bookshop.org 

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