Final Chapters

Writings About the End of Life

By: Roger Kirkpatrick (Editor)

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Paperback | 21 January 2014

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''The milkman cried when I told him you were dead.'Last night,' I said, 'Mark died.'''This collection brings together 30 short stories and poems about dying and bereavement. Written by mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, wives, husbands and dying people, these moving pieces talk honestly about how it feels to care for someone who is dying, to grieve for a loved one, and to face death oneself.A candid story about a daughter's relationship with her mother's carer; an internal monologue on dementia; a deeply moving poem about losing a son to cot death; and a heartfelt story about a mother's end of life are some of the poignant pieces included. This collection provides an opportunity to think and talk about death and dying, too often a taboo subject, and offers readers the rare comfort and support of shared experience.The stories and poems in this collection were originally written for a competition run by the Dying Matters Coalition. The Dying Matters Coalition was set up by the National Council for Palliative Care in 2009 to help transform public attitudes towards dying, death and bereavement. Its 30,000 members include charities, care homes, hospices, hospitals, funeral directors, legal and financial organisations, doctors, nurses and other individuals. The Dying Matters website has a wide range of free resources to help people to talk more openly about dying, death, bereavement and their end of life wishes. The website can be found at www.dyingmatters.org. All royalties from Final Chapters will be paid to the National Council of Palliative Care (registered charity no. 1005671).

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'A collection such as this is bound to be very moving and sympathetic: the subject makes it inevitable. But the pieces in this collection are much more than cries of grief. For all their sadness, they are also brave, resolute, clever, and sometimes even funny. This means the book has a kind of stoic nobility, as well as a warm humanity. It's a very powerful combination.'- Sir Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate''This is a collection of 30 stories and poems from a competition run by the Dying Matters Coalition, an organisation set up in 2009 by The National Council for Palliative Care to help transform public attitudes towards death, dying and bereavement.I liked the stories in this book; given the subject, 'enjoy' is perhaps not the right word. The first thing that struck me was the quality of the writing and, on reviewing the biographical sketches at the end of the book, I note that a number of the authors were not novices with the pen. The differing styles and approaches to the subject are welcome. I can happily recommend this book to anyone who works in palliative care, who I think will be interested to read how others see what we see every day.'' - Roger Woodruff (April 2014)

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