Eugene O Kelly Chasing Daylight Sparknotes

Chasing Daylight: How My Forthcoming Death Transformed my Life

Chasing Daylight is an inspirational memoir written by Eugene O’Kelly, former CEO of KPMG. O’Kelly provides a very personal story of his last 100 days between his terminal diagnosis of glioblastoma multiforme and his death in September 2005. This book offers readers an inside look at how O’Kelly was able to accept, prepare and appreciate his medical diagnosis as an opportunity to reflect on his meaningful life. Overall, his writing style is immaculately personalized, allowing readers to empathize and understand both his challenges and his sentimental moments with family and friends.
The book begins with O’Kelly’s unpopular belief of death being a gift. Eugene O’Kelly, the book’s author, was
Since he planned his death soon after receiving his diagnosis, he was able to re-examine life and his past relationships with five social groups that made a large impact on his life. The text had mentioned a patient that sought to get his affairs in order, but did not actively mention them to his wife (Thompson & Wainwright, 2017). This miscommunication between his wife and his goals made it difficult for family members to provide support and care to the dying individual. In contrast, in the memoir, Eugene readily informed Corinne about his forthcoming plans. This provided Corinne with the opportunity to assist him at accomplishing any of his goals, such as rekindling perfect moments with friends and family members along his five social groups in the event that he experienced a health complication. Therefore, with his strong relationship with his wife and family, Eugene was able to accomplish most, if not all, of his goals before his dying day. Hence, with Eugene’s wife in constant communication of his current wishes, Eugene was able to live a more worthwhile life, which allowed him to connect to his wife on a spiritual