<b>A poignant and searingly honest memoir about love and life with Andy Whitfield</b><br /><br />When you meet the love of your life, the one person you want to spend the rest of your days with, what do you do when they’re ripped away?<br /><br />Vashti and Andy Whitfield fitted together like the missing pieces of a perfect jigsaw. From the moment they met, they were inseparable. Vashti inspired Andy to fight fearlessly to achieve whatever he dreamed, and he gave her a love so deep that they both knew their life together would be nothing less than extraordinary.<br /><br />When Andy was talent-spotted on a Sydney beach, life changed forever. The shy engineer found his calling as an actor, landing the lead role in the hit Hollywood TV series <i>Spartacus</i>, while Vashti achieved her own dream, becoming a highly sought after executive coach. The arrival of their two beautiful children made their world complete.<br /><br />But then Andy was diagnosed with cancer.<br /><br />Miraculously he recovered and went back to his starring role . . . But as Andy fought gladiators in the ring, the cancer was waging its own war inside his body, and this time it wasn’t going to be beaten.<br /><br />Despite the shocking inevitability of his illness, Andy and Vashti were determined to leave a meaningful legacy, and bravely chose to share their journey to the end in the award winning documentary <i>Be Here Now</i>.<br /><br />Now Vashti has rebuilt her life, and in this honest, heartfelt and at times hilariously moving story, she tells of life, love and overcoming loss – and the legacy we can all leave behind.