Download Unforgettable: A Mother and Son's Final Days---and the Lessons that Last a Lifetime Audiobook

“Patricia Lyons Simon Newman was a bombshell: drop-dead gorgeous, glamorous, hilarious, insightful, curious, a woman whose bounding, generous, mischievous presence beckoned to others like the first warm sunshine of spring. She was wise, irreverent, brave in loss and grateful in joy, and urgently, thankfully alive to the beauty in everything and everyone. And before anything else, she was a profoundly devoted mother to her son, NPR host, journalist, and author, Scott Simon. In his poignant, funny, intimate memoir of his last days with her, Simon reflects on the lessons she taught him, the preciousness that death gives to life, and the endless resonance of love. This is an unforgettable meditation on a life lived, as Hemingway wrote, 'all the way up.' Laura Hillenbrand, author of UNBROKEN: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption and SEABISCUIT: An American Legend on the audio recording of Unforgettable

“Unforgettable is a treasure…unflinching and, quite often, very funny. At its center is a remarkable woman, gorgeous and charming and relentlessly honest, who remains a true star to the very end.”

“[A] poignant, funny, intimate memoir…This is an unforgettable meditation on a life lived, as Hemingway wrote, ‘all the way up.’”

“Refreshing. [Unforgettable] celebrates a happy if quirky childhood and its central beloved architect: Simon’s mother. Unforgettable isn’t about modern medicine or death. It is about how to live.”

“In a return to the bighearted storytelling that made him a star NPR correspondent, [Simon] pays full tribute to the ex-showgirl who…taught her only son to be honest, kind, and entertaining. Be assured, tears will fall.”

“Simon reveals not the possibilities of social media but its limits. Those 140-character bursts…seem inadequate compared with the skilled unspooling of this memoir. This book is about family secrets revealed…because a moment arrives when they’re all that matter and secrecy no longer does. [Reading this] you realize that the tears have been flowing…easing your way through a book that easily matches its title.”

“An unforgettable portrait of a feisty woman who survived from another era.”

“Simon’s memoir is so captivating that everyone, not just fans of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday,” will enjoy learning about the wellspring that nourished the award-winning journalist’s wit, intelligence, heart, and chutzpah…Every child should have such an opportunity to be there for his or her mother in those final days and hours. Every mother should have such a gifted child.”

“He takes his quirky, devoted, gracious mother on her own terms, and his work shimmers as a touching tribute.”

“The familiar voice of NPR host and correspondent Scott Simon introduces listeners to a more personal side of his life in this audiobook…His relaxed pace and pleasant vocal quality are conducive to easy listening.”