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💀 Obituary Writing

The art and craft of summing up a life in a few hundred words — books that explore how we memorialize the dead and what those choices reveal about our values.
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+
🤝 Community Connection⏳ Mortality🫴 Embracing Imperfection
Find the Good Summary
Find the Good 90%
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
🤝 Community Connection⏳ Mortality🫴 Embracing Imperfection
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
Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time
by Rachel Blythe Kodanaz • 2019
What to do with everything they left behind: a guide to sorting, sharing, and letting go.
4.60
20
🧠 Grief And Loss🪣 Death Cleaning💻 Digital Legacy
Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time Summary
Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time 89%
What to do with everything they left behind: a guide to sorting, sharing, and letting go.
by Rachel Blythe Kodanaz 2019
4.60
20 ratings
🧠 Grief And Loss🪣 Death Cleaning💻 Digital Legacy
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
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 88%
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 Beauty of What Remains
by Steve Leder • 2021
Death teaches how to truly live: a rabbi's wisdom from a thousand deaths.
4.44
3k+
🪦 Death And Dying💔 Grief And Loss🧭 Mortality And Meaning
The Beauty of What Remains Summary
The Beauty of What Remains 88%
Death teaches how to truly live: a rabbi's wisdom from a thousand deaths.
by Steve Leder 2021
4.44
3k+ ratings
🪦 Death And Dying💔 Grief And Loss🧭 Mortality And Meaning
A Widow's Story
by Joyce Carol Oates • 2011
Her husband of 48 years dies overnight. That morning, a call: she might have won the Nobel.
3.76
4k+
🖤 Spousal Loss📖 Bereavement Memoir⚡ Sudden Death
A Widow's Story Summary
A Widow's Story 88%
Her husband of 48 years dies overnight. That morning, a call: she might have won the Nobel.
by Joyce Carol Oates 2011
3.76
4k+ ratings
🖤 Spousal Loss📖 Bereavement Memoir⚡ Sudden Death
The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion • 2005
Sudden death shatters reason. The irrational rituals grief demands, observed by a master stylist.
3.93
308k+
🪦 Grief Memoir📖 Literary Memoir💔 Sudden Loss
The Year of Magical Thinking Summary
The Year of Magical Thinking 88%
Sudden death shatters reason. The irrational rituals grief demands, observed by a master stylist.
by Joan Didion 2005
3.93
308k+ ratings
🪦 Grief Memoir📖 Literary Memoir💔 Sudden Loss
A Heart That Works
by Rob Delaney • 2022
Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.
4.62
35k+
🕯️ Child Loss💔 Parental Grief🏥 Medical Memoir
A Heart That Works Summary
A Heart That Works 88%
Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.
by Rob Delaney 2022
4.62
35k+ ratings
🕯️ Child Loss💔 Parental Grief🏥 Medical Memoir
Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave
by Mariana Enriquez • 2025
Mariana Enriquez tours graves worldwide: erotic tombs, colonial mass graves, London vampire panic.
3.81
5k+
🪦 Cemetery History🎟️ Dark Tourism🧳 Travel Essays
Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave Summary
Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave 88%
Mariana Enriquez tours graves worldwide: erotic tombs, colonial mass graves, London vampire panic.
by Mariana Enriquez 2025
3.81
5k+ ratings
🪦 Cemetery History🎟️ Dark Tourism🧳 Travel Essays
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) 88%
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
In Love
by Amy Bloom • 2022
He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.
4.26
26k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🧠 Dementia Memoirs🌊 Anticipatory Grief
In Love Summary
In Love 88%
He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.
by Amy Bloom 2022
4.26
26k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🧠 Dementia Memoirs🌊 Anticipatory Grief
Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog
by Emily Dean • 2019
Her family was allergic to stability and dogs. When they died, she finally got one.
4.23
3k+
🪦 Grief Memoirs💔 Family Loss🛋️ Therapy Memoirs
Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog Summary
Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog 88%
Her family was allergic to stability and dogs. When they died, she finally got one.
by Emily Dean 2019
4.23
3k+ ratings
🪦 Grief Memoirs💔 Family Loss🛋️ Therapy Memoirs
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 88%
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
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 88%
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
Nothing to Fear
by Julie McFadden • 2024
A hospice nurse explains how a body dies and what to arrange before yours does.
4.41
3k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🕊️ Death Acceptance💊 Palliative Care
Nothing to Fear Summary
Nothing to Fear 88%
A hospice nurse explains how a body dies and what to arrange before yours does.
by Julie McFadden 2024
4.41
3k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🕊️ Death Acceptance💊 Palliative Care
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death
by Aroop Mangalik • 2017
Write your advance directive before the hospital writes your death. A doctor shows how and why.
4.00
14
🫀 End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance📝 Advance Directives
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death Summary
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death 88%
Write your advance directive before the hospital writes your death. A doctor shows how and why.
by Aroop Mangalik 2017
4.00
14 ratings
🫀 End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance📝 Advance Directives
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by Dave Eggers • 2000
Orphaned at 21, raising his 8-year-old brother: a grief memoir that knows it's a memoir.
3.69
184k+
🪦 Parental Loss🖤 Grief Memoir👬 Brothers
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Summary
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 88%
Orphaned at 21, raising his 8-year-old brother: a grief memoir that knows it's a memoir.
by Dave Eggers 2000
3.69
184k+ ratings
🪦 Parental Loss🖤 Grief Memoir👬 Brothers
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
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 88%
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
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
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 87%
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
A Hole in the World
by Amanda Held Opelt • 2022
We lost the rituals that made grief survivable. This is the blueprint for getting them back.
4.43
800
🕯️ Grief Rituals🤝 Communal Grief💪 Embodied Grief
A Hole in the World Summary
A Hole in the World 87%
We lost the rituals that made grief survivable. This is the blueprint for getting them back.
by Amanda Held Opelt 2022
4.43
800 ratings
🕯️ Grief Rituals🤝 Communal Grief💪 Embodied Grief
The Book of Grief and Hamburgers
by Stuart Ross • 2022
A poet tries to face grief directly, accidentally writes a book about why he can't.
3.84
189
🖋️ Poetic Memoir🕯️ Grief Memoir🛡️ Emotional Avoidance
The Book of Grief and Hamburgers Summary
The Book of Grief and Hamburgers 87%
A poet tries to face grief directly, accidentally writes a book about why he can't.
by Stuart Ross 2022
3.84
189 ratings
🖋️ Poetic Memoir🕯️ Grief Memoir🛡️ Emotional Avoidance
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 87%
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
Things in Nature Merely Grow
by Yiyun Li • 2025
The worst loss has no name. After both sons die by suicide, a novelist inhabits it.
4.34
15k+
👼 Child Loss🖤 Suicide Loss🌀 Grief Without Closure
Things in Nature Merely Grow Summary
Things in Nature Merely Grow 87%
The worst loss has no name. After both sons die by suicide, a novelist inhabits it.
by Yiyun Li 2025
4.34
15k+ ratings
👼 Child Loss🖤 Suicide Loss🌀 Grief Without Closure
The Etiquette of Illness
by Susan P. Halpern • 2004
What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.
3.76
601
🗣️ Difficult Conversations🏥 End Of Life Care🤲 Caregiving
The Etiquette of Illness Summary
The Etiquette of Illness 87%
What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.
by Susan P. Halpern 2004
3.76
601 ratings
🗣️ Difficult Conversations🏥 End Of Life Care🤲 Caregiving
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 87%
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
Grief Is for People
by Sloane Crosley • 2024
A burglar took her jewelry. A suicide took her friend. Only one loss she could chase.
3.83
18k+
💔 Suicide Loss👥 Friendship Grief📿 Objects And Memory
Grief Is for People Summary
Grief Is for People 87%
A burglar took her jewelry. A suicide took her friend. Only one loss she could chase.
by Sloane Crosley 2024
3.83
18k+ ratings
💔 Suicide Loss👥 Friendship Grief📿 Objects And Memory
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
by Nina Sankovitch • 2011
365 books, 365 days, one sister gone: the reading year that became a roadmap through loss.
3.48
7k+
🪦 Grief Memoirs📚 Bibliomemoir📖 Bibliotherapy
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair Summary
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair 87%
365 books, 365 days, one sister gone: the reading year that became a roadmap through loss.
by Nina Sankovitch 2011
3.48
7k+ ratings
🪦 Grief Memoirs📚 Bibliomemoir📖 Bibliotherapy
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
by Margareta Magnusson • 2017
The decluttering practice from Sweden that spares your family the job no one should inherit.
3.42
34k+
🏠 Decluttering🪦 Death And Dying📋 End-Of-Life Planning
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning Summary
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning 87%
The decluttering practice from Sweden that spares your family the job no one should inherit.
by Margareta Magnusson 2017
3.42
34k+ ratings
🏠 Decluttering🪦 Death And Dying📋 End-Of-Life Planning
On Grief and Grieving
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 2005
Grief has no timeline. A framework that helps you move through chaos toward meaning, not closure.
4.32
5k+
🗣️ Grief Counseling🤝 Bereavement Support🧩 Grief Stages
On Grief and Grieving Summary
On Grief and Grieving 87%
Grief has no timeline. A framework that helps you move through chaos toward meaning, not closure.
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 2005
4.32
5k+ ratings
🗣️ Grief Counseling🤝 Bereavement Support🧩 Grief Stages
A Buddhist Grief Observed
by Guy Newland • 2016
A Buddhist scholar thought he understood impermanence. Then his wife died.
3.96
130
🖤 Bereavement Memoirs☸️ Buddhist Practice🍂 Impermanence
A Buddhist Grief Observed Summary
A Buddhist Grief Observed 87%
A Buddhist scholar thought he understood impermanence. Then his wife died.
by Guy Newland 2016
3.96
130 ratings
🖤 Bereavement Memoirs☸️ Buddhist Practice🍂 Impermanence
Stiff
by Mary Roach • 2003
Every car you drive was safety-tested on a human cadaver. That is only the beginning.
4.06
245k+
🔍 Forensic Science🏥 Medical History🦴 Human Anatomy
Stiff Summary
Stiff 87%
Every car you drive was safety-tested on a human cadaver. That is only the beginning.
by Mary Roach 2003
4.06
245k+ ratings
🔍 Forensic Science🏥 Medical History🦴 Human Anatomy
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 87%
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
Grief Works
by Julia Samuel • 2018
The stages are a myth: what a therapist's grieving patients actually needed to hear.
3.98
2k+
📖 Modern Grief Work💀 Death And Dying🕊️ Loss And Healing
Grief Works Summary
Grief Works 87%
The stages are a myth: what a therapist's grieving patients actually needed to hear.
by Julia Samuel 2018
3.98
2k+ ratings
📖 Modern Grief Work💀 Death And Dying🕊️ Loss And Healing
Dancing Fish and Ammonites
by Penelope Lively • 2013
A life measured in books and fossils: a novelist confronts the new territory of old age.
3.65
1k+
📖 Literary Memoir🏺 Material Memory📚 Reading Life
Dancing Fish and Ammonites Summary
Dancing Fish and Ammonites 87%
A life measured in books and fossils: a novelist confronts the new territory of old age.
by Penelope Lively 2013
3.65
1k+ ratings
📖 Literary Memoir🏺 Material Memory📚 Reading Life
The Story You Need to Tell
by Sandra Marinella • 2017
The facts of your life are fixed. The story your brain tells about them is not.
4.40
238
🖊️ Expressive Writing🔄 Narrative Reframing💔 Trauma Recovery
The Story You Need to Tell Summary
The Story You Need to Tell 87%
The facts of your life are fixed. The story your brain tells about them is not.
by Sandra Marinella 2017
4.40
238 ratings
🖊️ Expressive Writing🔄 Narrative Reframing💔 Trauma Recovery
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 87%
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
The Summer of the Great-Grandmother
by Madeleine L'Engle • 1974
One summer, her ninety-year-old mother forgot her. Four generations in one house. No one was ready.
4.16
3k+
🏠 Family Memoir🙏 Spiritual Memoir👵 Aging Parents
The Summer of the Great-Grandmother Summary
The Summer of the Great-Grandmother 87%
One summer, her ninety-year-old mother forgot her. Four generations in one house. No one was ready.
by Madeleine L'Engle 1974
4.16
3k+ ratings
🏠 Family Memoir🙏 Spiritual Memoir👵 Aging Parents
Talk To Me
by Allison DuBois • 2011
The dead don't speak; they send feelings, signs, and dreams. A medium shows how to listen.
4.10
174
🧿 Mediumship💬 Afterlife Communication🌙 Spirit Signs
Talk To Me Summary
Talk To Me 87%
The dead don't speak; they send feelings, signs, and dreams. A medium shows how to listen.
by Allison DuBois 2011
4.10
174 ratings
🧿 Mediumship💬 Afterlife Communication🌙 Spirit Signs
It's OK That You're Not OK
by Megan Devine • 2017
Most grief advice makes things worse. A field guide for living with what cannot be fixed.
4.35
15k+
🕯️ Grief And Loss🤲 Grief Acceptance🔄 Non-Linear Grief
It's OK That You're Not OK Summary
It's OK That You're Not OK 87%
Most grief advice makes things worse. A field guide for living with what cannot be fixed.
by Megan Devine 2017
4.35
15k+ ratings
🕯️ Grief And Loss🤲 Grief Acceptance🔄 Non-Linear Grief
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 87%
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
Grief One Day at a Time
by Alan D. Wolfelt • 2016
Grief's daily companion: 365 meditations that turn small daily steps into a path back to life.
4.61
203
🕊️ Grief Support💔 Love And Loss📖 Grief Meditations
Grief One Day at a Time Summary
Grief One Day at a Time 87%
Grief's daily companion: 365 meditations that turn small daily steps into a path back to life.
by Alan D. Wolfelt 2016
4.61
203 ratings
🕊️ Grief Support💔 Love And Loss📖 Grief Meditations
Recovering from Losses in Life
by H. Norman Wright • 1991
Grief erodes identity and joy. The Christian path to saying goodbye and becoming yourself again.
4.25
197
🖤 Grief And Loss✝️ Christian Grieving🔗 Unresolved Grief
Recovering from Losses in Life Summary
Recovering from Losses in Life 87%
Grief erodes identity and joy. The Christian path to saying goodbye and becoming yourself again.
by H. Norman Wright 1991
4.25
197 ratings
🖤 Grief And Loss✝️ Christian Grieving🔗 Unresolved Grief
Old Rage
by Sheila Hancock • 2022
Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.
4.06
984
🇬🇧 British Memoirs🎭 Celebrity Memoirs🗳️ Political Commentary
Old Rage Summary
Old Rage 87%
Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.
by Sheila Hancock 2022
4.06
984 ratings
🇬🇧 British Memoirs🎭 Celebrity Memoirs🗳️ Political Commentary
Birds Art Life Death
by Kyo Maclear • 2017
As her father faded, a writer watched city birds. Small things, closely seen, restored her life.
4.00
4k+
🌿 Nature Writing🖤 Grief Memoir🐦 Birding Memoir
Birds Art Life Death Summary
Birds Art Life Death 87%
As her father faded, a writer watched city birds. Small things, closely seen, restored her life.
by Kyo Maclear 2017
4.00
4k+ ratings
🌿 Nature Writing🖤 Grief Memoir🐦 Birding Memoir
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 87%
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
The In-Between
by Hadley Vlahos • 2023
A patient asks for a slice of cake. A hospice nurse learns the secret the dying know.
4.49
51k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care✍️ Nursing Memoirs👻 Deathbed Visions
The In-Between Summary
The In-Between 87%
A patient asks for a slice of cake. A hospice nurse learns the secret the dying know.
by Hadley Vlahos 2023
4.49
51k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care✍️ Nursing Memoirs👻 Deathbed Visions
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 87%
Un profesor se muere. Durante meses le enseña a su antiguo alumno lo esencial para vivir.
by Micht Albom 2013
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29 ratings
🏥 Illness Memoir🕊️ End-Of-Life Wisdom🤝 Humanistic Philosophy
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