US: It is almost a year since the death of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman at the centre of a highly contentious and emotive right-to-die case, which caused a major rift between her husband and parents. Rather than time healing, the feud has been exacerbated with the release of their competing memoirs .
In his book, Terri: The Truth, Schiavo's widower, Michael, speaks out for the first time on the battle set off by his decision to have his wife's feeding tube removed, which he says was based on her wish not to be kept alive by artificial means.
Robert and Mary Schindler, who insisted that their daughter showed signs of awareness and could recover, present an entirely opposite view in A Life That Matters: The Legacy of Terri Schiavo, a Lesson For Us All.
Mr Schiavo was pitted against his in-laws, the Christian right and the Vatican and ultimately, the US Congress and President George Bush. He was maligned for his refusal to divorce his wife and allow her parents to decide her fate, despite embarking on a relationship with another woman after Terri Schiavo's collapse.
The feud continued through Schiavo's last breath, when her husband barred her brother from her bedside; to her funeral, which was a cremation against her Catholic family's wishes.
The blurb for Mr Schiavo's account says: "A religious zealot offered $250,000 to anyone who would kill me. My two babies were threatened with death. I was condemned by the president, the majority leaders of the House and Senate, the governor of Florida, the Pope, and the right-wing media, all because I was doing what Terri - the woman I loved - wanted." The Schindlers' account, told through her parents, brother Bobby and sister Suzanne, claims to deliver the inside story of the troubled relationship between Terri and Michael Schiavo, and is said to include details that "will haunt readers forever".