When life meets death

When Life Meets Death is a book of stories from people who have faced the ordinary, yet overwhelming, experience of the death of a loved one. Some are the stories of the author's own loss and others are based on his professional experience as a chaplain. This book 'tells the story' from the perspective of those who are immersed in the experience. Some of these stories are as common as the expected death of an elderly and ailing parent, while others are as traumatic as the loss of a loved one in the Oklahoma City bombing disaster. They are not objective truths about death so much as they are tales about the meaning and the mystery of people who must face the death of someone they love.

First sentence: There are any number of ways to tell the truth about life, but no way is more common, yet powerful, than the use of story.

Year

1997

Language

English

Publisher

Haworth Press

Editions

1

Pages

146

ISBN

9780789002891

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