A Warm Loving Book about Death
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If a book about death can be beautiful "Intimate Death" is such a book. This book is lovingly translated by Carol Brown Janeway. She retains the warmth of Marie de Hennezel's writing. Marie de Hennezel is a psychologist in a hospital in Paris. She writes eloquently about some of her most memorable patients.

What would you do if a patient asked you to kill them so they didn't have to go through the natural painful process of death? How would you communicate with someone who is totally paralyzed? Should you explain that a patient is dying or keep the information just between you and the family? How do you deal with doctors who view death as a defeat?

Marie de Hennezel answers many questions that might otherwise go unanswered. She believes that you should die with dignity and when a patient is ready to die she calmly accompanies them on this journey.

What impressed me most about this book is how lovingly the patients are treated. You would imagine Marie de Hennezel to be drained by the experience of being in the presence of so many individuals passing to the next life. Yet in some way she becomes more aware of the beauty of life itself.

I feel this book would be especially beneficial to doctors, nurses, hospice care workers, psychologists and family and friends of the dying. There is one brief mention of a near-death experience but mostly this book does not discuss what happens after death.

I feel that to tell too much about this book would ruin its impact. It is best just experienced in a quiet contemplative moment. After reading this book you may feel compelled to listen to&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Faure-Requiem-and-other-choral-music/dp/B0000031HB/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Faure: Requiem and other choral music</a>. It is mentioned in this book as music a dying patient loved to listen to and is truly beautiful.

~The Rebecca Review
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Coping with death is a collection of fictional stories written with the intent to make you smile, cry, and ponder as you read. This twelve-chapter book, blends in with the deaths that occurred in 2016 losing people like David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Prince, Carries Fisher and more. The stories are written to bring out the sense of endlessness and to provide comfort. Each story is a standalone short segment of what surpasses to be covering themes that you would ultimately enjoy reading by the end of the chapter.

I felt that the book was providing a text under its subtext and attempting to deliver a more in-depth meaningful message by covering it up with comedy and realism. This may work for some and may not work for others. The comprehension and wordings used to describe the stories were sometimes too heavy to transcend. This is not to word anything against the book. It just means that not everyone would possibly get it.

The literary standard within the content of the short stories was in high standing. I appreciated the prologue explaining the reason why they had featured a dog on the cover. There is much more love and kindness in this book rather than death and dying. The setting of the stories is another feature that works in making this book different. They are all situated in various countries in the world.

I recommend this book to anyone that wishes to read about pop science fiction, fantasy, fiction and all other good things.

Written by Jeyran Main
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I recently purchased this book and the entire family LOVES it! This book is essential reading for a child who has experienced a loss, but truly it will touch the hearts of adults as well. In a clear, heartfelt voice, With You demonstrates how loved ones who have passed away become part of the greater spiritual realm and in doing so are always with us - as part of the sun shining, the wind blowing, the rain drops falling. It's a touching and comforting way to look at the natural cycle of death. Beautifully written and illustrated, this book should be in every home and school library.
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This book is especially beneficial and comforting to people surviving the death of a loved one. It contains many stories of people experiencing positive things before dying.
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This is a wonderful book about what happens to people after they die.  I read this for the first time when it was released and loved it then.  Having lost my brother a year ago, I found it to be a great comfort when I reread it recently.
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Surprise and grief walk together as Sally Matthews writes her way to life again after her son, Marc, dies in a tragic accident. Told in the heart-broken narrative of recovering memory, Sally's spare language leaves space for our own wonderings about love and loss, and the mysterious realm of life beyond death. Signs of his presence kept coming, and even before I read a single word, the book design drew me in with its rich watercolor washes and whimsical line drawings. It's a perfect choice for anyone in search of hope or faith when old certainties are gone.

--Marjory Zoet Bankson, author of Creative Aging
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For those of us who love cats or any animal for that manner, losing your pet friend is a tough thing, It is especially hard for children.
This book ,with lovely illustrations that capture the individual cat personalities, helps parents or adults present to children the dying experience of one of
grace and dignity. The book can be a wonderful asset in easing the pain of loss by giving hope and erasing fear. Gentle in its approach, without any sort of
preachiness, it warms the soul. Makes me reflect with love on the many cat buddies I have greived. It would be nice to think that the angel of death would be a
cuddly cat.
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This book was enlightening and comforting.  I recently attended a funeral service for my wife's uncle which tends to compel one to take a look at their own mortality and reminds one of other loved ones that has passed.  It elicited discussion about my own wishes for end of life care and funeral (body disposal in more truthful terms).  The book was comforting by describing more of what I can expect when I decide what to do with my own mother's remains.  Since her passing in 2009, I have had reservations about opening the box and perhaps seeing a vestige of her former self.  Caitlin's descriptions of the process and encouragement of acceptance of death compels me to act on the thoughtful things I intended to do with her remains; not that it won't be incredibly difficult and painful but that it is indeed part of the process of life.

Caitlin's writing style is wonderfully enlightening and at times humorous while dealing with the macabre and, quite honestly, disgusting features of what naturally occurs when we die.  I don't think myself a fast reader but I was able to finish it in a day due to it being a page-turner and concisely well=written.
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This book impressed me with the author's warmth, honesty and humor in approaching the difficult subjects of her experiences around her mother's death. This well-written book evokes the non-linear path we all face of living and loving while coping with deep loss.
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This book is equal parts poignant,compassionate, funny, and enlightening in the way the author shares his experiences and findings as a funeral director and as a human being. As a funeral director he is steeped to his knees in the daily doings of death and grief and his personal journey in learning to cope and thrive, not just in spite of but because of, death, is eye opening and refreshing. There are aspects of his personal life that he has shared that I related to so deeply that I ended the book with a feeling of renewed hope and solidarity in my faith that God isn't absent, even in those dark and scary and lonely moments that are so inexplicable. Though the author isn't preaching any message of faith, other than that death can be a positive, but because I have held hands with death in my own life, the author reminded me that the tension between life and death, sorrow and joy, defeat and hope....., is possible to hold in this life. I may never understand it, but I can hold it. Beautifully written, I definitely recommend this book to those who may be struggling in their own death narrative.
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This was a beautiful story of various members of the narrator's family: their loves, their losses, things left behind... The book is heartwarming as it described happy times of young love and sadder times as loved ones became ill or died. However, this book does not dwell on sickness or death. I shed a few tears, but this is definitely not a sad book. Instead, I was left with a feeling of hope as the characters came to understand things about their pasts as long-held secrets came to light. The author created and developed his characters very well. I could feel their pain and smile with their happy memories. This book has gained a place among Christmas books by Richard Paul Evan, Dan Walsh, and others that I read every year as Christmas approaches. I highly recommend this book. My heart was lighter after reading it.
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It's so hard to describe Rabbit Cake -- the story opens in the wake of narrator Elvis' mother's death, and the loss if felt on every page of the book. But it's not a sad book! It's sometimes sad, yes -- sometimes even heartbreaking -- but it's also thoughtful and hopeful and very often funny. Annie Hartnett skillfully takes one of the worst things that a person can experience -- the death of a parent -- and finds the light. So I guess the best way to describe it is this: a really, really good book.
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This book provides comfort to little hearts when someone they love is away or has passed away.children of all ages can relate.
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This is a wonderful book for anyone who is trying to deal with loss and/or grief. Charming protagonist, beautiful French locales, and an original concept make this a delightful read.
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This is a lyrical book about dying, but it is not depressing or morbid.  The writing is very fine.  A young doctor is diagnosed with cancer, and writes about dealing with his own death, from both a personal and a medical point of view.
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When Arlene Millman first attended my "Paw To Heart Animal Bereavement Support Group" four years ago, she was visibly shattered by the illness and subsequent death of her cherished Boston Terrier, "Boomerang." It was at that time I suggested to Arlene that she write down her feelings. Little did I know that years later, Arlene would have channeled that pain into a book  chronicling her life with "Boomerang, A Remarkable Boston Terrier."
Unlike the many "how to" books that explain ways to cope with animal loss, Arlene offers a fresh approach to working through the complicated emotions often associated with losing an animal companion.
This book is an easy read that will appeal to animal lovers of all ages, whether they've lost an animal or not. The story of Boomerang will warm your heart and soothe your soul in it's sweetness and sincerity. I shed a tear, I smiled, and I nodded in agreement with the gentle wisdom of Boomerang's message of enduring love. First time author Arlene Millman has shown us that the spiritual connection we share with our animal companions is indeed a "miracle."  And as Boomerang himself has proven, one that transcends both death and time.
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I second what others have expressed so well, in our own fear of death,  we abandon those who,  we know are dying; thereby denying ourselves and them,  the special final gifts awaiting us all; Without bringing  religious beliefs into this revise;  I will say that being with a person who,  is dying is a time filled with such love,  that,  allowing that person to go,  an important act on our part can be all the more gutwrenching;  although the awareness of our loved one going into a place of peace ,  and joy ,  is a great gift for someone facing the death of a loved one;  as well as contemplating our own deaths,  this book is most highly recommended;  I have given this to friends whose parents were in the final stages of life;  and received heartfelt thanks from the remaining parent;  This book has brought comfort tp many;  as well as being life changing to others .  for all of us,  at some point this will be helpful.  Do your self a favor,  and read it!