Advice for future corpses * and those who love them : a practical perspective on death and dying
(2018)
By:
Tisdale, Sallie
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
306.9/TISDALE,S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Touchstone, [2018]
DESCRIPTION
240 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781501182174, 150118217X, 9781501182181, 1501182188, 9781501182174
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The dangerous situation -- Resistance -- A good death -- Communication -- Last months -- Where? -- Last weeks -- Last days -- That moment -- Bodies -- Grieving -- Joy
From the sublime (the faint sound of Mozart as you take your last breath) to the ridiculous (lessons on how to close the sagging jaw of a corpse), Tisdale leads the reader through the peaks and troughs of death with a calm, wise, and humorous hand. Advice for Future Corpses is more than a how-to manual or a spiritual bible: it is a graceful compilation of honest and intimate anecdotes based on the deaths Tisdale has witnessed in her work and life, as well as stories from cultures, traditions, and literature around the world