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"John W. Evans was twenty-nine years old and his wife, Katie, was thirty. They had met in the Peace Corps in Bangladesh, taught in Chicago, studied in Miami, and were working for a year in Romania, when they set off with friends to hike into the Carpathian Mountains. In an instant, their life together was shattered. Katie became separated from the group. When Evans finally found her, he could only watch helplessly as she was mauled to death by a brown...
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"When Lisa traveled home to visit her parents in December 2011, she never expected an ordinary three-day weekend to turn into a extraordinary 14-day observance of her mother's life -- and ultimately-- death. 14 Days is a story of parental loss, and how to lovingly, bravely and gracefully let go of a hand you've been holding your entire life. From a child's first breath, to a mother's last, this memoir shows how closing that circle can be a celebration...
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Actress and model Cynthia O'Neal was living her dream life-married to the famous stage and screen actor Patrick O'Neal, the mother of two young sons, resident of the Dakota downstairs from John Lennon, owner of the successful Ginger Man restaurant, and frequent guest at dinner parties with Leonard Bernstein and Rudolf Nureyev.
And then she changed course suddenly, surprisingly, and completely. The AIDS epidemic hit the arts community hard, and after...
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"After her parents are killed in a rare grizzly attack, [writer, singer, and adventurer Polson] is forced into a wilderness of grief. Turning to loves she learned from her father, [she] explores the perilous terrain of grief through music, the natural world, and her faith. Her travels take her from the suburbs of Seattle to the concert hall where she sings Mozart's Requiem, and ultimately into the wilderness of Alaska's remote Arctic and of her heart"--Amazon.com....
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How long am I going to live? Who will be with me when I die? Will my family forgive me? Will I have pain?--are among the 31 vital end-of-life questions patients and their families ask. This book is about navigating those last days, at the bedside, and saying farewell with hope, love, and compassion. Dr. Edward Creagan provides the reassuring answers patients and families deserve. He has dedicated his life to death. For over forty winters at the Mayo...
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