In the Slender Margin
The Intimate Strangeness of Death and Dying
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2023
Anvil Press Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-77214-215-0 (ISBN)
Anvil Press Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-77214-215-0 (ISBN)
Originally published in 2014, In the Slender Margin was enthusiastically received and applauded for its respectful sensitivity in dealing with a subject that is still, to many, an avoidable topic of conversation: death and dying. Using her 20+ years' experience working as a palliative care counsellor in a hospice as a springboard for exploration, Joseph probes our collective knowledge of that final life experience that we all must face. Intimately personal and wise, this award-winning poet gives us a deep and profound musing, a "wise and lyrical meditation" on the slender margin, that mysterious slip of geography between life and death. From the Preface: "First published in 2014, In the Slender Margin was/still is, a meditation of sorts on death and dying. It did not prescribe then, nor does it now, ways to move through grief in order to find closure. I wrote the book as a way of understanding what I had seen in my years as a hospice counsellor. In the process of writing and thinking about death from many different angles, I found the brother I had lost many years ago and, fifty years after his death, was able finally to mourn and hold him close. COVID-19 has initiated many discussions about mortality. It is my hope that this book can add, in whatever way, to those conversations." Praise for In the Slender Margin: "In the Slender Margin is intended as an exploration rather than a balm or solace, though it will no doubt be those things for some people. Its resonance comes, rather, from its intelligent open-endedness, its unflinching, simultaneous embrace of death's reality and persistent mystery." (Globe and Mail) "A literate, free-association meditation on the final fact of life." ( Kirkus Reviews ) "Intricate and beautiful . . . Provides an intimate language for grief and makes death a site of wonder as much as pain. . . . In her careful prose, her encounters with the dead, dying and mourning take on a kind of grace." ( National Post )
Erscheinungsdatum | 17.07.2023 |
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Drehbuch | Eve Joseph |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Trennung / Trauer | |
ISBN-10 | 1-77214-215-8 / 1772142158 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-77214-215-0 / 9781772142150 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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