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A hospice chaplain's lessons on the meaning of life, from those who are leaving itWhat are the top regrets of the dying? That's what Kerry Egan, a hospice chaplain, learned as she listened to her patients on their deathbeds, witnessing what she calls the "spiritual work of dying" - the work of finding or making meaning of one's life, the experiences it contained and the people who have touched it. In this book she recalls the stories she heard - stories of hope and regret, shame and pride, mystery and revelation, and secrets held too long.This isn't a book about dying - it's a book about living. Each of Egan's patients taught her something; in this moving and beautiful book, she imparts their poignant and profound lessons on how to live a life without regrets.
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On Living, Kerry Egan
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2017
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- Titel
- On Living
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Kerry Egan
- Verlag
- Viking
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2017
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 160
- ISBN10
- 0241301262
- ISBN13
- 9780241301265
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Sozialwissenschaften, Wahre Geschichten, Biografien, Lebenshilfe, Psychologische Thematik, Philosophisches Thema, Philosophie, Spiritualität, Autobiografien & Memoiren, Tod
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- 4,3 von 5 Sternen
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- A hospice chaplain's lessons on the meaning of life, from those who are leaving itWhat are the top regrets of the dying? That's what Kerry Egan, a hospice chaplain, learned as she listened to her patients on their deathbeds, witnessing what she calls the "spiritual work of dying" - the work of finding or making meaning of one's life, the experiences it contained and the people who have touched it. In this book she recalls the stories she heard - stories of hope and regret, shame and pride, mystery and revelation, and secrets held too long.This isn't a book about dying - it's a book about living. Each of Egan's patients taught her something; in this moving and beautiful book, she imparts their poignant and profound lessons on how to live a life without regrets.