Dream New Dreams

by Jai Pausch

In Dream New Dreams, Jai Pausch shares her own story for the first her emotional journey from wife and mother to full-time caregiver, shuttling between her three young children and Randy's bedside as he sought treatment far from home; and then to widow and single parent, fighting to preserve a sense of stability for her family, while coping with her own grief and the challenges of running a household without a partner. Jai paints a vivid, honest portrait of a vital, challenging relationship between two strong people who faced a grim prognosis and the self- sacrificing decisions it often required. As she faced life without the husband she called her 'magic man,' Jai learned to make herself a priority to create a new life of hope and happiness - as she puts it, to 'feel a spark of my own magic beginning to flicker.'Dream New Dreams is a powerful story of grief, healing, and newfound independence. With advice artfully woven into an intimate, beautifully written narrative, Jai's story will inspire not only the legions of readers who made The Last Lecture a bestseller, but also those who are embarking on a journey of loss and recovery themselves.

240 pages, Paperback

Published May 15, 2012

Reviews

[MARIAE MANALO · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jai Pausch’s memoir is a quiet triumph of resilience, grief, and rediscovery. As the widow of Randy Pausch—author of The Last Lecture—Jai steps out from the shadow of her husband’s public legacy to share her own deeply personal journey through caregiving, loss, and the slow, painful process of rebuilding a life.
This memoir pulses with the kind of emotional resonance and thematic depth you gravitate toward. Jai’s story is one of transformation through grief, of memory as both burden and balm. Her voice is gentle but firm, and her journey echoes the kind of redemptive arc you often explore in your reviews.

[shirley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was initially reluctant about reading this book. Every's heard about Randy Pausch and his book "The Last Lecture", so I did not think that there could be anything new that his widow could talk about in an entire book.

Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised. There were behind the scenes story about Randy Pausch that are interesting. The grieving process that she went through is also informational. It helps to understand what happens when they one loses a life partner.

Dream New Dreams, a very appropriate book for me on the first day of the new year 2020.

[Berni Walkush · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book about a wife's journey through her husbands cancer & her role as a caregiver trying to make it after his death
The need for caregivers to care for themselves. Highly recommend for caregivers.

[Janie Davis Yike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent read for those caregivers during a long term illness and for the ones grieving.
Good advice for getting your footing after a death.

[Raghad drawshy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice, well written book .
It teach valuable life lessons.