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Getting to know death : a meditation

Godwin, Gail2024
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When renowned author Gail Godwin tripped and broke her neck while watering the dogwood tree in her garden at age 85, a lifetime of writing and publishing behind her and a half-finished novel in tow, the idea quickly unfurled in front of her, forcing her to confront a creative life interrupted. In 'Getting to Know Death', Godwin shares what spoke to her while in a desperate place, remembering those she has loved and survived over the course of a long life, including a brother and father lost to suicide; finding meaning in the encounters she has with other patients as she heals; and taking stock of a life toward the end of its long, graceful arc, finding her path through the words she has written and the people she has loved.
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Author:
Godwin, Gail, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2024.
Collation:
192 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781639734443 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2715515
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