Die Wise
Author: JENKINSON, STEPHEN
ISBN: 9781583949733
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Apr 2015
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;BPgt;A potentially life-changing book for anyone wanting to experience grief and death in a more meaningful way. Grounded in the authorP#39;s experiences with hundreds of dying people and their families, the book advocates a bold engagement with a part of the human experience that is often more endured than lived. In its own unique way, Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;Die WisePlt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt; is more about living than dying.Plt;/BPgt;
Plt;bPgt;A fierce, lyrical manifesto that dares readers to face death without sentimentalityP#8212;and reveals dying well as one of the deepest acts of living, loving, and human responsibility.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Die WisePlt;/iPgt; does not offer seven steps for coping with death. It does not suggest ways to make dying easier. It pours no honey to make the medicine go down. Instead, with lyrical prose, deep wisdom, and stories from his two decades of working with dying people and their families, Stephen Jenkinson places death at the center of the page and asks us to behold it in all its painful beauty. Plt;iPgt;Die Wise Plt;/iPgt;teaches the skills of dying, skills that have to be learned in the course of living deeply and well. Plt;iPgt;Die Wise Plt;/iPgt;is for those who will fail to live forever.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Dying well, Jenkinson writes, is a right and responsibility of everyone. It is not a lifestyle option. It is a moral, political, and spiritual obligation each person owes their ancestors and their heirs. Plt;iPgt;Die WisePlt;/iPgt; dreams such a dream, and plots such an uprising. How we die, how we care for dying people, and how we carry our dead: this work makes our capacity for a village-mindedness, or breaks it.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Table of ContentsPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;The Ordeal of a Managed DeathPlt;brPgt;Stealing Meaning from DyingPlt;brPgt;The Tyrant HopePlt;brPgt;The Quality of LifePlt;brPgt;Yes, But Not Like ThisPlt;brPgt;The WorkPlt;brPgt;So Who Are the Dying to You? Plt;brPgt;Dying Facing HomePlt;brPgt;What Dying Asks of Us AllPlt;brPgt;KidsPlt;brPgt;Ah, My Friend the Enemy
ISBN: 9781583949733
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Apr 2015
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;BPgt;A potentially life-changing book for anyone wanting to experience grief and death in a more meaningful way. Grounded in the authorP#39;s experiences with hundreds of dying people and their families, the book advocates a bold engagement with a part of the human experience that is often more endured than lived. In its own unique way, Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;Die WisePlt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt; is more about living than dying.Plt;/BPgt;
Plt;bPgt;A fierce, lyrical manifesto that dares readers to face death without sentimentalityP#8212;and reveals dying well as one of the deepest acts of living, loving, and human responsibility.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Die WisePlt;/iPgt; does not offer seven steps for coping with death. It does not suggest ways to make dying easier. It pours no honey to make the medicine go down. Instead, with lyrical prose, deep wisdom, and stories from his two decades of working with dying people and their families, Stephen Jenkinson places death at the center of the page and asks us to behold it in all its painful beauty. Plt;iPgt;Die Wise Plt;/iPgt;teaches the skills of dying, skills that have to be learned in the course of living deeply and well. Plt;iPgt;Die Wise Plt;/iPgt;is for those who will fail to live forever.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Dying well, Jenkinson writes, is a right and responsibility of everyone. It is not a lifestyle option. It is a moral, political, and spiritual obligation each person owes their ancestors and their heirs. Plt;iPgt;Die WisePlt;/iPgt; dreams such a dream, and plots such an uprising. How we die, how we care for dying people, and how we carry our dead: this work makes our capacity for a village-mindedness, or breaks it.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Table of ContentsPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;The Ordeal of a Managed DeathPlt;brPgt;Stealing Meaning from DyingPlt;brPgt;The Tyrant HopePlt;brPgt;The Quality of LifePlt;brPgt;Yes, But Not Like ThisPlt;brPgt;The WorkPlt;brPgt;So Who Are the Dying to You? Plt;brPgt;Dying Facing HomePlt;brPgt;What Dying Asks of Us AllPlt;brPgt;KidsPlt;brPgt;Ah, My Friend the Enemy
