A memoir of former KPMG CEO Eugene O'Kelly, completed in the three and a half months between his diagnosis with brain cancer and his death in September 2005. It offers a glimpse of the strategies Gene embraced to accept and live the final stages of his life with vibrancy and calm - and what his preparations for death taught him about life.
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Chasing Daylight is the honest, touching, and ultimately inspirational memoir of former KPMG CEO Eugene O'Kelly, completed in the three and a half months between his diagnosis with brain cancer and his death in September 2005. It’s haunting yet extraordinarily hopeful voice reminds us to embrace the fragile, fleeting moments of our lives: the brief time we have with our family, our friends, and even ourselves. Glimpse the strategies Gene embraced to accept and live the final stages of his life with vibrancy and calm - and what his preparations for death taught him about life.

This paperback edition features a new foreword by his wife, Corinne O'Kelly and a readers' group guide and questions

“A moving memoir” The Times
“Challenging and thought-provoking” The Financial Times
“[A] well-written and moving book.” The Economist.com
"Voicing universal truths not often found in business or how-to tracts.[O'Kelly] made a success out of his final mission."-Janet Maslin, The New York Times