A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living

A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death

â€œA gentle, knowledgeable guide to a fate we all shareâ€ (The Washington Post): the first and only all-encompassing action plan for the end of life.

â€œThere is nothing wrong with you for dying,â€ hospice physician B.J. Miller and journalist and caregiver Shoshana Berger write in A Beginnerâ€™s Guide to the End. â€œOur ultimate purpose here isnâ€™t so much to help you die as it is to free up as much life as possible until you do.â€

Theirs is a clear-eyed and big-hearted action plan for approaching the end of life, written to help readers feel more in control of an experience that so often seems anything but controllable. Their book offers everything from step-by-step instructions for how to do your paperwork and navigate the healthcare system to answers to questions you might be afraid to ask your doctor, like whether or not sex is still okay when youâ€™re sick. Get advice for how to break the news to your employer, whether to share old secrets with your family, how to face friends who might not be as empathetic as youâ€™d hoped, and how to talk to your children about your will. (Donâ€™t worry: if anyone gets snippy, itâ€™ll likely be their spouses, not them.) There are also lessons for survivors, like how to shut down a loved oneâ€™s social media accounts, clean out the house, and write a great eulogy.

An honest, surprising, and detail-oriented guide to the most universal of all experiences, A Beginnerâ€™s Guide to the End is â€œa book that every family should have, the equivalent of Dr. Spock but for this other phase of lifeâ€ (New York Times bestselling author Dr. Abraham Verghese).
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrations, unspecified
ReleaseDate 2019-07-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781501157165

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrations, unspecified
ReleaseDate	2019-07-16
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781501157165

A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death

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