My husband was diagnosed with
lung cancer when he was hospitalized with Covid in 2021. Since then, various
treatment side effects have produced more miserable days than happy, carefree
days. This book by a British palliative care doctor offers beautifully told
tales of her patients, their families, friends, and medical staff, and it has
given my husband and me a different perspective on his situation.
Dr. Mannix
says we have forgotten how to talk about dying and death in our time, and she
gently opens up the conversation with her sensitive descriptions of how people
face their endings.
We have recommended this book to many people who also have
appreciated its honest sensitivity about a difficult topic.
'Impossible to read with dry eyes or an unaltered mindset' Sunday Times
'Illuminating and beautiful' Cathy Rentzenbrink
What if everything you thought you knew about death was wrong?
How should we prepare for the facts of dying and saying our goodbyes?
And what if understanding death improved your life?
By turns touching and tragic, funny and wise, With the End in Mind brings together Kathryn Mannix ' s lifetime of medical experience to tell powerful stories of life and death.
This
is a marvelous story by a young Ghanaian-American author about a family coping
with living between several competing cultures: Life in Ghana, in the American
South, and in the high-pressure world of academia and neuroscientific research
conducted at Stanford.
I loved the way she wove religious themes through the
book, as well as her loving portrayal of the tragic outcomes of family members
dealing with untreated mental illness and drug abuse.
I was very impressed with
the accuracy of her descriptions of the neuroscientific research conducted by
Gifty and her colleagues at Stanford.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021
**From the bestselling author of Homegoing**
'A BOOK OF BLAZING BRILLIANCE' Washington Post ______________________________________________
As a child Gifty would ask her parents to tell the story of their journey from Ghana to Alabama, seeking escape in myths of heroism and romance. When her father and brother succumb to the hard reality of immigrant life in the American South, their family of four becomes two - and the life Gifty dreamed of slips away.
Years later, desperate to understand the opioid addiction that destroyed her brother's life, she turns to science for answers.…
You don’t have to be a lifelong fan of John Waters’ proudly transgressive
work in film to appreciate this book. You have to be open to sliding into
a wild and funny tale of how the author hitchhiked from Baltimore to San
Francisco when he was in his 60s.
You’ll never look at hitchhikers standing by
Interstates or resting in rest stops the same way.
Waters’ stories are
remarkably imaginative, but when you get to the last third of the book and read
his actual descriptions of the hitchhiking adventure, you’ll gain a new
appreciation for the way he cares deeply about people who are often shunned in
our society.
John Waters is putting his life on the line. Armed with wit, a pencil-thin moustache, and a cardboard sign that reads 'I'm Not Psycho', he hitchhikes across America from Baltimore to San Francisco, braving lonely roads and treacherous drivers. But who should we be more worried about, the delicate film director with genteel manners or the unsuspecting travelers transporting the Pope of Trash?
Along the way, Waters fantasizes about the best and worst possible scenarios: a friendly drug dealer hands over piles of cash to finance films with no questions asked, a demolition-derby driver makes a filthy sexual request in…
With increasing numbers of people showing various signs of some type of dementia, and no cures in sight, along with post-pandemic studies of the health risks of social isolation, what some have called a "disease of exclusion" must be addressed on a community-wide level. This book offers concrete ideas about how that can happen and contribute to the well-being of persons living with dementia and those who love them.
