Living with our dead : on loss and consolation
(2024)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
296.76/HORVILLEUR,D
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Europa Editions, 2024
DESCRIPTION
151 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781609457952, 1609457951 :, 1609457951, 9781609457952
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Original title: Vivre avec nos morts
Azrael : life and death in one hand -- Elsa : in the house of the living -- Marc : ghost clothes -- Sarah and Sarah : the basket of generations -- Marceline and Simone : on Judgement Day -- Isaac's brother : the ultimate question -- Ariane : almost me -- Miriam : the world to come -- Moses : the man who didn't want to die -- Israel : blessed is he who revives the dead -- Edgar : am I my uncle's keeper?
The author, one of the few female rabbis in France, invites the reader to consider and reflect on the connections between death and loss as she shares eleven stories collected from her experiences caring for the dying and their loved ones