Grief isn't tidy. It doesn't follow a straight or predictable path. For years, Lorna Lee refused to consider the loss of her mother, the woman who had been her everything: parent, mentor, hero. But when a simple question to her dying mother cracked open a lifetime of memories, what spilled out wasn't sorrow-it was laughter. I Don't Want to be Remembered is a tender and witty collection of true stories about a woman who survived war, widowhood, and single-motherhood with courage and candor, always with her singular perspective. These vignettes, gathered from family memories and told with affection and unflinching honesty, remind us that even in the messiest corners of life, laughter finds a way.