This is *The Last Sweet Mile by Allen Levi* - a memoir.
Here is a summary in English:
*The Story:*
It's a true story. Allen Levi's only brother and best friend, *Gary Levi*, was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer in 2011.
Gary and Allen were more than brothers. They were best friends and lifelong bachelors who lived near each other in Georgia. One was a lawyer turned singer-songwriter (Allen), the other was a globe-trotting Christian missionary who worked in places like Afghanistan and Peru.
When Gary was diagnosed, doctors said he had only one year to live. He died exactly one year later, on July 22, 2012. But Allen says that last year was *the best year of their lives*.
The book is written like a long letter to his family. It describes the small, beautiful details of that last year:
- How Gary kept his faith and joy even while dying.
- How their small community came together - friends praying, greeting kids at the high school, and even digging Gary's grave by hand one Saturday morning near their small white family chapel.
- How brotherhood, community, and faith made the painful journey sweet.
