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Between Living and Dying Reflections from the Edge of Experience

Paperback • 2019 • English

Between Living and Dying Reflections from the Edge of Experience

By Ruth Scott

1 Ratings • 4.0 of 5

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About the book

Busy and deeply absorbed in all the complexity of life, Ruth Scott's packed diary suddenly had to be cleared when she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. She said, 'Discovering that life might be shorter than expected or hoped for concentrates the mind wonderfully. Whatever life is left to me, I do not want to waste it.'In the final months of her life, in the shadows between living and dying, she learned to live with the extremes of treatments that were as aggressive as the disease ...Show more

Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Narrative theme: Identity / belonging
Narrative theme: Health and illness

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ISBN

9781780276168

Publisher

Birlinn, Limited

Published year

2019

Language

English

Original title

Between Living and Dying Reflections from the Edge of Experience

Format

Paperback

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