Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Cautiously Pessimistic - Debbie McGee

Cautiously Pessimistic

By: Debbie McGee

eBook | 10 June 2025

At a Glance

eBook


RRP $35.50

$28.99

18%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $7.25 with

Instant Digital Delivery to your Kobo Reader App

An intimate and enlightening no-holds-barred memoir that uncovers the many unexpected details of dying, Cautiously Pessimistic is one woman's personal account of her husband's death and what it means to die in the public eye.

Cautiously Pessimistic is both deeply moving and funny, as it recounts McGee's husband's diagnosis of brain cancer and the eight months leading up to his death. It is told in the first person and through posts from Facebook and Twitter, text exchanges, and email. Alternating chapters tell the story of McGee and her husband's tumultuous early relationship, through the use of excerpts from journals and letters. Throughout the narrative the presence of the tightly knit St. John's arts community is strongly felt. The etiquette of offering condolences on social media is examined in an afterword by the author.

on

More in Coping with / Advice about Death & Bereavement

On Death and Dying - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

eBOOK

On Children and Death - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

eBOOK

Working It Through - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

eBOOK

Where You Left Me - Jennifer Gardner Trulson

eBOOK

Death : The Final Stage - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

eBOOK