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Sarah Lucas imagined the rest of her days would be spent living peacefully in her rural Vermont home in the steadfast company of her husband. But now, with Charles's sudden passing, seventy-five-year-old Sarah is left inconsolably alone.
As grief settles in, Sarah's mind lingers on her past: her imperfect but devoted fifty-year marriage to Charles; the years they spent raising their three very different children; and her childhood during the Great...
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Ehrenreich's core philosophy holds that aging people have the right to determine their quality of life and may choose to forgo painful and generally ineffective treatments. She presents evidence that such tests as annual physicals and Pap smears have little effect in prolonging life; investigates wellness trends, including mindfulness meditation; and questions the doctrine of a harmonious "mindbody" and its supposed natural tendency to prolong life....
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"I don't believe in God, but I miss him." So begins this book, which is a family memoir, an exchange with his brother (a philosopher), a meditation on mortality and the fear of death, a celebration of art, an argument with and about God, and a homage to the writer Jules Renard. Barnes also draws poignant portraits of the last days of his parents, recalled with great detail, affection and exasperation. Other examples he takes up include writers, "most...
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Jennifer Coburn has always been terrified of dying young. It's the reason she drops everything during the summers on a quest to travel through Europe with her daughter, Katie, before it's too late. Even though her husband can't join them, even though she's nervous about the journey, and even though she's perfectly healthy, she spends three to four weeks per trip jamming Katie's mental photo album with memories. In this heartwarming generational love...
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"Dera White's I Will Not Die Alone is a hilarious, feel-good story about the end of the world. Featuring illustrations by Joe Bennett, it is a story full of realistic self-love affirmations for all of us who are just trying to get by, until we die. "It's funny, it's dark, and there's a lion wearing pants. If you only read one more book before the world ends, make it this one."-Brooke Barker, New York Times bestselling author of Sad Animal Facts "Oh...
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Inga is a poet. She wants to buy and restore a house she is drawn to that reminds her of her childhood home, but her distant husband Hermann sees little value in it or many of the things Inga loves. Her crumbling marrigae is a stark contrast to the relationship that she shares with her 8-year-old daughter, with whom she shares her hopes, fears and inner-most thoughts following her recovery from breast cancer. By day their lives seem magical, but at...
8) Afterwards
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A high-powered attorney finds his life turned upside down when he is visited by an ominous doctor who predicts people's deaths. Unable to stop the fatal predictions, the lawyer races against time to put his life in order before he becomes death's next victim.
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Hendrik Groen may be old, but he is far from dead and isn't planning to be buried any time soon. But surely there is more to life at his age than weak tea and potted geraniums? Hendrik sets out to write an exposé: a year in the life of his care home in Amsterdam, revealing all its ups and downs-- not least his new endeavor, the anarchic Old-But-Not-Dead Club. And when Eefje moves in-- the woman Hendrik has always longed for-- he polishes his shoes...
13) We go on
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Paralyzed by his fear of dying, Miles Grissom offers a cash reward to the first person who can show him a ghost, an angel, a demon, anything to prove that people go on after they die. He narrows the responses down to three viable candidates; a scientist, a medium, and a worldly entrepreneur. And along with his fiercely protective mother, he embarks on an adventure that will spiral into an unthinkable nightmare.
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"Drawing on CBT, this self-help guide helps you to understand how death anxiety develops and provides guidance on how to challenge unhelpful thoughts about death and dying. With written exercises throughout, it provides clear, evidence-based steps to face and overcome your fears of death"--
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"Everyone who lives in an era of uncertainty, such as economic crisis and climate change, feels anxious. The recent worldwide economic crisis has been intensifying. But Kishimi Ichiro says that now is an opportunity to end the anxiety inherent in us. The author examines the reality of anxiety that is worse in this period of confusion, from anxiety from interpersonal interations, to to work, health, aging, and death, how to overcome anxiety." --
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