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💀 Mortality Reflection

Meditations on death, dying, and the finite nature of life that paradoxically illuminate how to live more fully. These books sit with the hardest question and find, if not answers, then grace.
Come of Age
by Stephen Jenkinson • 2018
More old people than ever. Fewer elders than ever. The connection is a cultural indictment.
4.25
173
🪦 Death And Dying🔍 Cultural Criticism⏳ Limits And Endings
Come of Age Summary
Come of Age 90%
More old people than ever. Fewer elders than ever. The connection is a cultural indictment.
by Stephen Jenkinson 2018
4.25
173 ratings
🪦 Death And Dying🔍 Cultural Criticism⏳ Limits And Endings
How We Die
by Sherwin B. Nuland • 1994
A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.
4.07
9k+
🩺 End Of Life Care💀 Death And Dying🧬 Physiology Of Dying
How We Die Summary
How We Die 90%
A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.
by Sherwin B. Nuland 1994
4.07
9k+ ratings
🩺 End Of Life Care💀 Death And Dying🧬 Physiology Of Dying
Chasing Daylight
by Eugene O'Kelly • 2005
A CEO's final project: three months to turn his death into his life's best work.
3.94
4k+
🕊️ Facing Mortality⚡ Energy Management🌸 Savoring
Chasing Daylight Summary
Chasing Daylight 89%
A CEO's final project: three months to turn his death into his life's best work.
by Eugene O'Kelly 2005
3.94
4k+ ratings
🕊️ Facing Mortality⚡ Energy Management🌸 Savoring
Life Is Short
by Dean Rickles • 2022
Death isn't what takes your life's meaning. It's the only thing that gives it any.
3.24
327
📜 Existential Philosophy🏛️ Modern Stoicism💀 Mortality And Meaning
Life Is Short Summary
Life Is Short 89%
Death isn't what takes your life's meaning. It's the only thing that gives it any.
by Dean Rickles 2022
3.24
327 ratings
📜 Existential Philosophy🏛️ Modern Stoicism💀 Mortality And Meaning
Staring at the Sun
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2008
Your fear of death hides in everyday worries. Facing it directly makes life fully worth living.
4.23
16k+
🖤 Death Anxiety📚 Existential Psychology💡 Meaning Making
Staring at the Sun Summary
Staring at the Sun 89%
Your fear of death hides in everyday worries. Facing it directly makes life fully worth living.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2008
4.23
16k+ ratings
🖤 Death Anxiety📚 Existential Psychology💡 Meaning Making
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them)
by Sallie Tisdale • 2018
How to die and how to help someone die: a nurse's unsentimental guide from diagnosis to grief.
4.14
2k+
🕊️ End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance🫂 Caregiver Support
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) Summary
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) 89%
How to die and how to help someone die: a nurse's unsentimental guide from diagnosis to grief.
by Sallie Tisdale 2018
4.14
2k+ ratings
🕊️ End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance🫂 Caregiver Support
On the Brink of Everything
by Parker J. Palmer • 2018
The best preparation for death isn't withdrawal from life but deeper immersion in it.
4.06
2k+
🧘 Conscious Aging📿 Spiritual Memoir🕯️ Contemplative Practice
On the Brink of Everything Summary
On the Brink of Everything 89%
The best preparation for death isn't withdrawal from life but deeper immersion in it.
by Parker J. Palmer 2018
4.06
2k+ ratings
🧘 Conscious Aging📿 Spiritual Memoir🕯️ Contemplative Practice
Who Will Cry When You Die?
by Robin Sharma • 1999
Live each day as if the eulogy is being written: 101 lessons for a regret-free life.
4.00
27k+
🧭 Life Purpose🕯️ Contemplative Living🧘 Mindfulness Practice
Who Will Cry When You Die? Summary
Who Will Cry When You Die? 89%
Live each day as if the eulogy is being written: 101 lessons for a regret-free life.
by Robin Sharma 1999
4.00
27k+ ratings
🧭 Life Purpose🕯️ Contemplative Living🧘 Mindfulness Practice
Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor
by Micht Albom • 2013
Un profesor se muere. Durante meses le enseña a su antiguo alumno lo esencial para vivir.
4.10
29
🏥 Illness Memoir🕊️ End-Of-Life Wisdom🤝 Humanistic Philosophy
Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor Summary
Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor 89%
Un profesor se muere. Durante meses le enseña a su antiguo alumno lo esencial para vivir.
by Micht Albom 2013
4.10
29 ratings
🏥 Illness Memoir🕊️ End-Of-Life Wisdom🤝 Humanistic Philosophy
In My Time of Dying
by Sebastian Junger • 2024
A near-fatal aneurysm, a father's ghost, and a journalist's investigation into what lies beyond.
3.82
9k+
🏥 Medical Memoir🕳️ Near-Death Experiences💀 Mortality Studies
In My Time of Dying Summary
In My Time of Dying 89%
A near-fatal aneurysm, a father's ghost, and a journalist's investigation into what lies beyond.
by Sebastian Junger 2024
3.82
9k+ ratings
🏥 Medical Memoir🕳️ Near-Death Experiences💀 Mortality Studies
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
by Caitlin Doughty • 2014
A crematory trainee discovers the dead aren't the scary part; the funeral industry is.
4.22
110k+
💀 Death Acceptance⚱️ Funeral Industry🌿 Natural Burial
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory Summary
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory 89%
A crematory trainee discovers the dead aren't the scary part; the funeral industry is.
by Caitlin Doughty 2014
4.22
110k+ ratings
💀 Death Acceptance⚱️ Funeral Industry🌿 Natural Burial
The Lost Art of Dying
by Lydia S. Dugdale • 2020
Death terrified the Middle Ages too. Their response can teach us how to die better.
3.98
1k+
🕊️ Death Acceptance⚕️ Medical Ethics💀 Mortality Awareness
The Lost Art of Dying Summary
The Lost Art of Dying 89%
Death terrified the Middle Ages too. Their response can teach us how to die better.
by Lydia S. Dugdale 2020
3.98
1k+ ratings
🕊️ Death Acceptance⚕️ Medical Ethics💀 Mortality Awareness
Die Wise
by Stephen Jenkinson • 2015
Palliative care has made dying longer and more terrifying. A veteran caregiver explains why.
4.34
861
🩺 Palliative Care🕯️ Conscious Dying💔 Grief Work
Die Wise Summary
Die Wise 89%
Palliative care has made dying longer and more terrifying. A veteran caregiver explains why.
by Stephen Jenkinson 2015
4.34
861 ratings
🩺 Palliative Care🕯️ Conscious Dying💔 Grief Work
A Matter of Death and Life
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2021
A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.
4.40
10k+
🪦 Grief Memoir🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Acceptance
A Matter of Death and Life Summary
A Matter of Death and Life 89%
A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2021
4.40
10k+ ratings
🪦 Grief Memoir🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Acceptance
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
by Bronnie Ware • 2011
A palliative caregiver kept hearing identical deathbed regrets. She wrote them as a living warning.
3.76
14k+
🪦 Deathbed Wisdom🕊️ Embracing Mortality🪞 Authentic Living
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying Summary
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying 89%
A palliative caregiver kept hearing identical deathbed regrets. She wrote them as a living warning.
by Bronnie Ware 2011
3.76
14k+ ratings
🪦 Deathbed Wisdom🕊️ Embracing Mortality🪞 Authentic Living
Somewhere Towards the End
by Diana Athill • 2008
At 89 she stops pretending, faces death without God, and finds the view unexpectedly good.
3.72
3k+
📖 Literary Memoir⏳ Aging And Mortality👩 Women'S Lives
Somewhere Towards the End Summary
Somewhere Towards the End 89%
At 89 she stops pretending, faces death without God, and finds the view unexpectedly good.
by Diana Athill 2008
3.72
3k+ ratings
📖 Literary Memoir⏳ Aging And Mortality👩 Women'S Lives
Being Mortal
by Atul Gawande • 2014
Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.
4.49
220k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care👴 Aging With Dignity💀 Facing Mortality
Being Mortal Summary
Being Mortal 89%
Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.
by Atul Gawande 2014
4.49
220k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care👴 Aging With Dignity💀 Facing Mortality
How to Die
by Seneca • 2017
Death is not your punishment but your release: a Roman's guide to the ultimate freedom.
4.02
3k+
🏛️ Ancient Stoicism💀 Memento Mori🧠 Negative Visualization
How to Die Summary
How to Die 89%
Death is not your punishment but your release: a Roman's guide to the ultimate freedom.
by Seneca 2017
4.02
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Stoicism💀 Memento Mori🧠 Negative Visualization
Tuesdays with Morrie
by Mitch Albom • 1997
Success made Mitch Albom rich. His dying professor showed him what it couldn't buy.
4.21
1.2M+
🕯️ Deathbed Wisdom💀 Facing Mortality👨‍🏫 Mentorship Memoirs
Tuesdays with Morrie Summary
Tuesdays with Morrie 89%
Success made Mitch Albom rich. His dying professor showed him what it couldn't buy.
by Mitch Albom 1997
4.21
1.2M+ ratings
🕯️ Deathbed Wisdom💀 Facing Mortality👨‍🏫 Mentorship Memoirs
The Four Things That Matter Most
by Ira Byock • 2004
Four sentences, learned from the dying, to heal regret and repair relationships.
4.17
1k+
🕊️ Dying Well🤲 Forgiveness Practice🙏 Gratitude Practice
The Four Things That Matter Most Summary
The Four Things That Matter Most 89%
Four sentences, learned from the dying, to heal regret and repair relationships.
by Ira Byock 2004
4.17
1k+ ratings
🕊️ Dying Well🤲 Forgiveness Practice🙏 Gratitude Practice
No Death, No Fear
by Thich Nhat Hanh • 2002
Death looks solid from here. A Zen master dismantles it, and what remains is not nothing.
4.22
6k+
🧘 Zen Buddhism💀 Fear Of Death🕊️ Grief Healing
No Death, No Fear Summary
No Death, No Fear 89%
Death looks solid from here. A Zen master dismantles it, and what remains is not nothing.
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2002
4.22
6k+ ratings
🧘 Zen Buddhism💀 Fear Of Death🕊️ Grief Healing
Learning to Fall
by Philip Simmons • 2000
ALS at 35 revealed that freedom comes only when you stop holding on to everything.
4.19
498
🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir🙏 Spiritual Memoir💀 Embracing Mortality
Learning to Fall Summary
Learning to Fall 89%
ALS at 35 revealed that freedom comes only when you stop holding on to everything.
by Philip Simmons 2000
4.19
498 ratings
🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir🙏 Spiritual Memoir💀 Embracing Mortality
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi • 2016
Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.
4.41
820k+
🩻 Terminal Illness🩺 Medical Memoir🎗️ Cancer Memoir
When Breath Becomes Air Summary
When Breath Becomes Air 89%
Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.
by Paul Kalanithi 2016
4.41
820k+ ratings
🩻 Terminal Illness🩺 Medical Memoir🎗️ Cancer Memoir
Midlife
by Kieran Setiya • 2017
A philosopher's diagnosis of the midlife crisis: you're chasing goals when you need meaning.
3.56
3k+
🏛️ Applied Philosophy🔄 Midlife Crisis💀 Mortality Acceptance
Midlife Summary
Midlife 89%
A philosopher's diagnosis of the midlife crisis: you're chasing goals when you need meaning.
by Kieran Setiya 2017
3.56
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Applied Philosophy🔄 Midlife Crisis💀 Mortality Acceptance
Memento Mori
by Joanna Ebenstein • 2024
A daily reminder of death: the ancient, now science-backed practice for the life you actually want.
4.02
266
🪦 Mortality Awareness😰 Fear Of Death💔 Grief Processing
Memento Mori Summary
Memento Mori 89%
A daily reminder of death: the ancient, now science-backed practice for the life you actually want.
by Joanna Ebenstein 2024
4.02
266 ratings
🪦 Mortality Awareness😰 Fear Of Death💔 Grief Processing
The Five Invitations
by Frank Ostaseski • 2017
What a hospice founder learned at the bedside: five shifts that make mortality a guide.
4.45
4k+
🕰️ Impermanence💀 Death And Dying🤲 Radical Acceptance
The Five Invitations Summary
The Five Invitations 88%
What a hospice founder learned at the bedside: five shifts that make mortality a guide.
by Frank Ostaseski 2017
4.45
4k+ ratings
🕰️ Impermanence💀 Death And Dying🤲 Radical Acceptance
Still Here
by Ram Dass • 2000
Aging is your final spiritual practice. Learn to do it consciously and die awake.
4.21
2k+
🌄 Conscious Aging💀 Conscious Dying🧘 Ego Transcendence
Still Here Summary
Still Here 88%
Aging is your final spiritual practice. Learn to do it consciously and die awake.
by Ram Dass 2000
4.21
2k+ ratings
🌄 Conscious Aging💀 Conscious Dying🧘 Ego Transcendence
These Precious Days
by Ann Patchett • 2021
Tom Hanks's assistant visited for a weekend. Cancer and a pandemic kept her there for months.
4.42
48k+
📝 Personal Essays⏳ Facing Mortality🎨 Creative Healing
These Precious Days Summary
These Precious Days 88%
Tom Hanks's assistant visited for a weekend. Cancer and a pandemic kept her there for months.
by Ann Patchett 2021
4.42
48k+ ratings
📝 Personal Essays⏳ Facing Mortality🎨 Creative Healing
Kokoro
by Beth Kempton • 2022
The Japanese call the heart's quiet intelligence kokoro. Here is how to hear it.
4.13
648
🎐 Japanese Philosophy🧘 Contemplative Living🍂 Embracing Impermanence
Kokoro Summary
Kokoro 88%
The Japanese call the heart's quiet intelligence kokoro. Here is how to hear it.
by Beth Kempton 2022
4.13
648 ratings
🎐 Japanese Philosophy🧘 Contemplative Living🍂 Embracing Impermanence
How to Live
by Sarah Bakewell • 2010
What one man found about living well while inventing the personal essay in a 16th-century tower.
4.02
11k+
🧠 Intellectual Biography✍️ Essay Writing💀 Accepting Mortality
How to Live Summary
How to Live 88%
What one man found about living well while inventing the personal essay in a 16th-century tower.
by Sarah Bakewell 2010
4.02
11k+ ratings
🧠 Intellectual Biography✍️ Essay Writing💀 Accepting Mortality
The Worm at the Core
by Sheldon Solomon • 2015
Your culture, your self-esteem, your gods: all of it is armor against the fear of death.
4.10
2k+
🧠 Existential Psychology💀 Fear Of Death🪦 Death Denial
The Worm at the Core Summary
The Worm at the Core 88%
Your culture, your self-esteem, your gods: all of it is armor against the fear of death.
by Sheldon Solomon 2015
4.10
2k+ ratings
🧠 Existential Psychology💀 Fear Of Death🪦 Death Denial
On Life after Death
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 1984
Twenty thousand clinically dead people revived with the same story: consciousness survives the body.
4.17
2k+
🕊️ Near-Death Experiences💀 Death And Dying🌌 Life After Death
On Life after Death Summary
On Life after Death 88%
Twenty thousand clinically dead people revived with the same story: consciousness survives the body.
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 1984
4.17
2k+ ratings
🕊️ Near-Death Experiences💀 Death And Dying🌌 Life After Death
On Death
by Timothy J. Keller • 2020
No generation has been less prepared for death. One tradition bets everything on a resurrection.
4.48
960
🪦 Death Denial✝️ Resurrection Hope📖 Pastoral Theology
On Death Summary
On Death 88%
No generation has been less prepared for death. One tradition bets everything on a resurrection.
by Timothy J. Keller 2020
4.48
960 ratings
🪦 Death Denial✝️ Resurrection Hope📖 Pastoral Theology
Briefly Perfectly Human
by Alua Arthur • 2024
The dying know what matters. A death doula shares their lessons for living without regret.
4.19
6k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care💀 Death Doulas🌱 Death Positivity
Briefly Perfectly Human Summary
Briefly Perfectly Human 88%
The dying know what matters. A death doula shares their lessons for living without regret.
by Alua Arthur 2024
4.19
6k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care💀 Death Doulas🌱 Death Positivity
The Grace in Aging
by Kathleen Dowling Singh • 2014
The later decades are a retreat. How to use the losses and the stillness.
4.08
303
🧘 Spiritual Aging💀 Mortality Practice📖 Life Review
The Grace in Aging Summary
The Grace in Aging 88%
The later decades are a retreat. How to use the losses and the stillness.
by Kathleen Dowling Singh 2014
4.08
303 ratings
🧘 Spiritual Aging💀 Mortality Practice📖 Life Review
Creatures of a Day
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2015
What happens when ten people bring their mortality fears to a therapist nearing his own.
4.21
15k+
🛋️ Existential Psychotherapy📋 Case Studies💀 Death Anxiety
Creatures of a Day Summary
Creatures of a Day 88%
What happens when ten people bring their mortality fears to a therapist nearing his own.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2015
4.21
15k+ ratings
🛋️ Existential Psychotherapy📋 Case Studies💀 Death Anxiety
From Age-ing to Sage-ing
by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi • 1995
The spiritual curriculum no one teaches: how to turn your final decades from decline into meaning.
3.99
368
🌅 Conscious Aging👴 Elderhood📝 Life Review
From Age-ing to Sage-ing Summary
From Age-ing to Sage-ing 88%
The spiritual curriculum no one teaches: how to turn your final decades from decline into meaning.
by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi 1995
3.99
368 ratings
🌅 Conscious Aging👴 Elderhood📝 Life Review
Find the Good
by Heather Lende • 2015
An obituary writer finds the secret to a good life hidden in messy, ordinary deaths she chronicles.
3.76
6k+
💀 Obituary Writing🤝 Community Connection⏳ Mortality
Find the Good Summary
Find the Good 88%
An obituary writer finds the secret to a good life hidden in messy, ordinary deaths she chronicles.
by Heather Lende 2015
3.76
6k+ ratings
💀 Obituary Writing🤝 Community Connection⏳ Mortality
Knocking on Heaven's Door
by Katy Butler • 2013
Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.
4.12
3k+
🫀 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Medical Overreach🤲 Caregiving
Knocking on Heaven's Door Summary
Knocking on Heaven's Door 88%
Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.
by Katy Butler 2013
4.12
3k+ ratings
🫀 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Medical Overreach🤲 Caregiving
On Death and Dying
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 1969
Dying follows an emotional sequence the living refuse to see. One doctor listened and mapped it.
4.16
28k+
🩺 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Terminal Illness🕊️ Death Acceptance
On Death and Dying Summary
On Death and Dying 88%
Dying follows an emotional sequence the living refuse to see. One doctor listened and mapped it.
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 1969
4.16
28k+ ratings
🩺 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Terminal Illness🕊️ Death Acceptance
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
by Sogyal Rinpoche • 1992
Preparing for death, in the Tibetan Buddhist view, is how you finally learn to live.
4.21
33k+
🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism💀 Death And Dying🍂 Impermanence
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Summary
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying 88%
Preparing for death, in the Tibetan Buddhist view, is how you finally learn to live.
by Sogyal Rinpoche 1992
4.21
33k+ ratings
🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism💀 Death And Dying🍂 Impermanence
The Poet's Guide to Life
by Rainer Maria Rilke • 2005
Rilke's letters become a field guide: how to turn solitude and loss into a deeper life.
4.12
368
📜 Wisdom Literature✉️ Letter Collections🧘 Solitude
The Poet's Guide to Life Summary
The Poet's Guide to Life 88%
Rilke's letters become a field guide: how to turn solitude and loss into a deeper life.
by Rainer Maria Rilke 2005
4.12
368 ratings
📜 Wisdom Literature✉️ Letter Collections🧘 Solitude
Heavens on Earth
by Michael Shermer • 2018
The scientific case against the afterlife, immortality, and utopia, and why the real heaven is here.
3.88
626
🧠 Near-Death Experiences💀 Mortality Salience🔬 Scientific Skepticism
Heavens on Earth Summary
Heavens on Earth 88%
The scientific case against the afterlife, immortality, and utopia, and why the real heaven is here.
by Michael Shermer 2018
3.88
626 ratings
🧠 Near-Death Experiences💀 Mortality Salience🔬 Scientific Skepticism
Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms
by David Kessler • 2010
Dying people see deceased loved ones. Medicine calls it hallucination; the law calls it truth.
4.20
1k+
🛏️ Deathbed Visions🏥 End-Of-Life Care🕊️ Hospice Movement
Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms Summary
Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms 88%
Dying people see deceased loved ones. Medicine calls it hallucination; the law calls it truth.
by David Kessler 2010
4.20
1k+ ratings
🛏️ Deathbed Visions🏥 End-Of-Life Care🕊️ Hospice Movement
Driving with Plato
by Robert Rowland Smith • 2011
What does learning to walk teach about freedom? A philosophical tour through life's milestones.
3.24
278
🏛️ Everyday Philosophy🌱 Life Stages🪪 Identity Formation
Driving with Plato Summary
Driving with Plato 88%
What does learning to walk teach about freedom? A philosophical tour through life's milestones.
by Robert Rowland Smith 2011
3.24
278 ratings
🏛️ Everyday Philosophy🌱 Life Stages🪪 Identity Formation
Very Little...Almost Nothing
by Simon Critchley • 2004
Nihilism is the norm after God. Creative resistance through literature is how meaning gets remade.
3.89
132
🌍 Continental Philosophy💀 Death Of God Theology📖 Literary Modernism
Very Little...Almost Nothing Summary
Very Little...Almost Nothing 88%
Nihilism is the norm after God. Creative resistance through literature is how meaning gets remade.
by Simon Critchley 2004
3.89
132 ratings
🌍 Continental Philosophy💀 Death Of God Theology📖 Literary Modernism
The Farewell Chronicles
by Anneli Rufus • 2005
Grief's ugly secret: behind the flowers and tears, a circus of shame, relief, greed, and guilt.
4.05
57
⚰️ Death And Society🤐 Grief Taboos🧠 Narrative Psychology
The Farewell Chronicles Summary
The Farewell Chronicles 88%
Grief's ugly secret: behind the flowers and tears, a circus of shame, relief, greed, and guilt.
by Anneli Rufus 2005
4.05
57 ratings
⚰️ Death And Society🤐 Grief Taboos🧠 Narrative Psychology
Old Age
by Michael Kinsley • 2016
Parkinson's is old age on fast-forward. One boomer journalist on what awaits his generation.
3.20
2k+
🧠 Parkinson'S Disease⏳ Aging And Mortality👶 Boomer Generation
Old Age Summary
Old Age 88%
Parkinson's is old age on fast-forward. One boomer journalist on what awaits his generation.
by Michael Kinsley 2016
3.20
2k+ ratings
🧠 Parkinson'S Disease⏳ Aging And Mortality👶 Boomer Generation
No Cure for Being Human
by Kate Bowler • 2021
She studied the prosperity gospel. Then she got incurable cancer. Everything she knew broke.
4.12
24k+
🏥 Cancer Memoirs🕊️ Faith And Doubt⏳ Finitude And Limits
No Cure for Being Human Summary
No Cure for Being Human 88%
She studied the prosperity gospel. Then she got incurable cancer. Everything she knew broke.
by Kate Bowler 2021
4.12
24k+ ratings
🏥 Cancer Memoirs🕊️ Faith And Doubt⏳ Finitude And Limits
Life Is a Verb
by Patti Digh • 2008
Death gave a stepfather 37 days. One morning question later, ordinary life had urgency again.
3.97
3k+
🧘 Mindful Living🎨 Creative Self-Help⏳ Mortality Awareness
Life Is a Verb Summary
Life Is a Verb 88%
Death gave a stepfather 37 days. One morning question later, ordinary life had urgency again.
by Patti Digh 2008
3.97
3k+ ratings
🧘 Mindful Living🎨 Creative Self-Help⏳ Mortality Awareness
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