ABCNews -- In a memoir Patrick Swayze and his wife, Lisa Niemi, chronicled the personal and professional challenges they faced and the lessons they learned after Swayze was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. After reading the excerpt below, head to the "GMA" Library to find more good reads. Prologue In late December 2007, life was looking pretty good. I had just wrapped shooting on the pilot of a new TV series, The Beast. My wife, Lisa, and I were enjoying a second honeymoon of sorts after a long, difficult period in which we had grown painfully apart. And I was feeling excited about new work, new directions, and the promise of the future. Lisa and I were planning to spend New Year's Eve at our ranch in New Mexico, as we'd done for the past...