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1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 40 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Pam Ward, Jim Frangione. |
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A year-long journey by the renowned psychiatrist and his writer wife after her terminal diagnosis, as they reflect on how to love and live without regret Internationally acclaimed psychiatrist and author Irvin Yalom devoted his career to counseling those suffering from anxiety and grief. But never had he faced the need to counsel himself until his wife, esteemed feminist author Marilyn Yalom, was diagnosed with cancer. In A Matter of Death and Life, Marilyn and Irv share how they took on profound new struggles: Marilyn to die a good death, Irv to live on without her. In alternating accounts of their last months together and Irv's first months alone, they offer us a rare window into facing mortality and coping with the loss of one's beloved. The Yaloms had numerous blessings-a loving family, a Palo Alto home under a magnificent valley oak, a large circle of friends, avid readers around the world, and a long, fulfilling marriage-but they faced death as we all do. With the wisdom of those who have thought deeply, and the familiar warmth of teenage sweethearts who've grown up together, they investigate universal questions of intimacy, love, and grief. Informed by two lifetimes of experience, A Matter of Death and Life is an openhearted offering to anyone seeking support, solace, and a meaningful life. "It will inspire you and perhaps move you to look differently at your life-it did that for me." "An unforgettable and achingly beautiful story of enduring love. I will be thinking about this for years to come." "The book has countless pieces of wisdom for anyone confronting death…The Yaloms' distinct [view points] are complements to each other and gifts to readers. A profound love story with lessons for how to live as well as how to die." "Exquisite, candid, and vulnerable. Every person would benefit from multiple readings of this intelligently relatable book." "The Yaloms co-write the story of their emotional and moral caregiving for each other…It is a book that transforms the reader." |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Yalom, Irvin D., 1931-
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Yalom, Marilyn -- Health.
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Yalom, Marilyn -- Death and burial.
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Psychiatrists -- United States -- Biography.
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Spouses of cancer patients -- United States -- Biography.
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Multiple myeloma -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
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Terminally ill -- United States -- Biography.
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Women historians -- United States -- Biography.
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Grief.
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Yalom, Marilyn, author.
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Ward, Pam, narrator.
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Frangione, James, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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Matter of death & life |
| ISBN |
9781665074889 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1665074884 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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MWT14546479 |
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