In Lieu of Flowers : A Conversation for the Living - Nancy Howard Cobb

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In Lieu of Flowers

A Conversation for the Living

By: Nancy Howard Cobb

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Paperback | 15 January 2002 | Edition Number 1

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176 Pages

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A thought-provoking exploration of life's most profound transition . With candor and refreshing perspective,Nancy Cobb infuses the oft-avoided subject of death with light, presenting it as a natural process to be honored rather than feared.

"This meditation on grieving is personal and persuasive -sustenance for the mind and the soul." -Wally Lamb, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"An elegant book ... that lets readers know they aren't alone."-The Wall Street Journal

"Grieving is as natural as breathing, for if we have lived and loved, surely we will grieve. . . ."

Nancy Cobb meets death in the most vital of places-in the lives of everyday people-and in doing so has found a way to make the darkest of subjects more approachable, and the deaths of those she has loved-and death itself-a subject to explore rather than to avoid.Cobb's personal experiences become a point of departure for what amounts to adeeperconversation about loss. She shares moments of her own mourning and draws others into the conversation as well: among them, a bank teller who still dreams of her deceased grandmother, two small children who bury a wild bird in its final nest beneath a maple tree, and a hospice nurse who acts as an end-of-life midwife. Cobb invites us to explore death through the shared humanity of everyday people, allowing their voices to demystify the inevitable while offering solace.

Whether you are mourning a loved one, caring for someone at the end of life, or seeking wisdom on this universal experience, In Lieu of Flowers is a deeply comforting companion. Its gentle candor and hard-won insights will inspire you to embrace grief fully while finding light in life's final transition.

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"An elegant book . . . that lets readers know they aren't alone."
-Wall Street Journal

"Mesmerizing. Cobb is down to earth, funny, disturbingly direct."
-Detroit Free Press

"An eloquent book. Cobb's harrowing insistence that death be confronted without the veil of denial is made possible, and even more starkly compelling, by the grace and wit of her writing."
-Kay Redfield Jamison, author of An Unquiet Mind

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Non-Fiction Family & Health Coping with / Advice about Personal, Social & Health Topics Coping with / Advice about Death & Bereavement Fiction Modern & Contemporary Fiction Religion & Beliefs Aspects of Religion for Non-Christians Religious Life & Practice Mind, Body, Spirit Thought and Practice

Introduction: Opening the Conversation	p. xiii
Closing the Gap	p. 3
Finding Your Tribe	p. 17
Unexpected Connections	p. 29
In Memory	p. 43
Death-Defying Humor	p. 55
Telling the Truth	p. 61
Dreaming	p. 75
The Saints and the Poets	p. 83
Unnatural Losses	p. 93
Hannah Lee	p. 103
Children	p. 113
Macaroni and Butterflies	p. 121
Creature Comforts	p. 137
Radical Departures	p. 147
Acknowledgments	p. 153
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In Lieu of Flowers

A Conversation for the Living

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