Color version.The idea of this book stems from a series of columns I wrote as a diary of my mother's 'end times.' She was victim to a genetic illness known as polycystic kidney disease (PKD). She had warning in 2003 of reduced kidney function, then in late 2009 the nephrologist she was seeing insisted now was the time to proceed with hemodialysis.The rest of the story-Part II: The Life-came as an afterthought, as I was putting together mementos from...