Cure it with Movies/Books: Terminal illness/Cancer

I bet most of you are super excited about the brand new trailer of "Me before You", based on the same name novel by Jojo Moyes. For those who have no clue of what I'm talking about, the story is about Louisa Clark and  Will Traynor, two people who couldn't be more different but, due to Will's conditions (he's tetraplegic) get to know each other. Here's the trailer: 
Now...I've read and loved the book, so I wanted to keep "torturing" myself to a crying point by reading and watching books and movies about this topic (terminal/uncurable diseases). There's no right or wrong way to deal with it: some accept it and some don't, but the list here shows that illnesses don't affect only the sick person, but everyone around him.

MOVIES
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Steel Magnolias (1989) by Herbert Ross. With Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field and Julia Roberts
Dying Young (1991) by Joel Schumacher. With Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D'Onofrio and Ellen Burstyn.
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Autumn in New  York (2000) by Joan Chen. With Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, Elaine Stritch and Vera Famiga.
My Sister's Keeper (2009) by Nick Cassavetes. With Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin and Sofia Vessilieva.
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Intouchables (2011) by Jim Sheridan. With Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal.
50/50 (2011) by Jonathan Levine. With Joseph Gordon-LevittSeth RogenAnna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard and Anjelica Huston. 

Also:

Stepmom Movie PosterLove and Other Drugs Movie PosterNow Is Good Movie Poster
Stepmom (1998)
Love & Other Drugs (2010)
Now is Good (2012) - my review HERE

BOOKS
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This Star Won't Go Out by Esther Earl 
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes  
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Socrates In Love by Kyōichi Katayama - my review HERE
In Bloom (or The Brilliant Light of Amber Sunrise) by Matthew Crow

Also:

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - my review HERE

Unfortunately I don't know a lot of books about this particular topic, so comment below if you have any suggestions!


Ph: impawards.com & goodreads.com

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