Dessert First: Preparing for Death While Savoring Life
160 pages
|Published: 10 Sep 2019
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ISBN: 9780827206694
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Chalice Press
Publication date: 10 September 2019
Description
In the year she served as a chaplain in a hospital "death ward," Dana Trent accompanied more than 200 people -- and their families -- on their passage from life to death. Dessert First gathers those stories and lessons, as well as others from her journey with her dying mom, to illuminate the complexity of death and grief, and how we all might better prepare for a "good death." Dessert First is a deeply personal, touching, and sometimes humorous look at death and dying, and the ways we cope and create meaning for the inevitable end of life. A full appendix includes religious, spiritual, practical, and legal resources for the reader and their loved ones.