Die wise

a manifesto for sanity and soul
Stephen Jenkinson
Book - 2015

"Die Wise 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. Die Wise teaches the skills of dying, skills that have to be learned in the course of living deeply and well. Die Wise is for those who will fail to live forever. Dying well, Jenkinson writes, is a right and responsibility of everyone. It is a moral, political, and spiritual obligation each person owes their ancestors and their heirs. It is not a lifestyle option. It is a birthright and a debt. Die Wise 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 village life, or breaks it. In the end, Jenkinson's message is not one of despair--he believes learning to love death is in fact one of the most direct ways to love life"--

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Main Author: Jenkinson, Stephen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, [2015]
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505 0 |a The Ordeal of a Managed Death -- Stealing Meaning from Dying -- The Tyrant Hope -- The Quality of Life -- Yes, But Not Like This -- The Work -- So Who Are the Dying to You? Who Are the Dead? -- Dying Facing Home -- What Dying Asks of Us All -- Kids -- Ah, My Friend the Enemy. 
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