“Live Your Life: My Story of Loving and Losing Nick Cordero” by Amanda Kloots with Anna Kloots

“Live Your Life” is not just the story of Nick Cordero’s fight with Covid-19, it’s so much more. It’s love, strength, kindness, loyalty, honesty, hope, community and the most strongly felt genuine positivity. Amanda Kloots, along with her sister Anna, have written the most touching tribute to the life of Amanda’s husband Nick. The 41 year old, who with no preexisting conditions became gravely ill at the start of the pandemic in March 2020, an otherwise healthy, strong Broadway performer who everyone believed would pull through quickly. The world began following along with Amanda’s #wakeupnick campaign on Instagram (@amandakloots) as she built an army of positivity every day at 3:00pm singing and dancing to Nick’s song, “Live Your Life”. Amanda’s social media posts were also spreading awareness about this relatively unknown illness – young, healthy people can get severely ill with Covid. The Kloots family rallied behind Amanda and her infant son, Elvis, dropping everything in their lives to move in and manage day to day life especially her older brother Todd (known as Biggie) and her youngest sister Anna. In my personal opinion, everyone needs an Anna in their life. I have followed Anna Kloots on social media for some time now (@annakloots) but after reading this book I have a new found respect and admiration for the person that she is and the love and loyalty she gave her sister. I can’t recommend reading this book enough as the powerful way this family has handled this unimaginable loss is one we should all strive for. I listened to the audiobook while reading along in my physical copy as I wanted to hear this story told by Amanda herself and in my opinion is the way everyone should experience this story. “Live Your Life” reminds us all that the power of positivity can move mountains, create community, and helps us all to live our lives each day to the fullest.

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