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A matter of death and life / Irvin D. Yalom and Marilyn Yalom.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Stanford, California : Redwood Press, [2021]Description: xii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781503613768
  • 1503613763
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The vital box -- Becoming an invalid -- Awareness of evanescence -- Why don't we move to assisted living? -- Retirement : the precise moment of decision -- Setbacks and renewed hopes -- Staring at the sun, once again -- Whose death is this anyway? -- Facing endings -- Considering physician-assisted suicide -- A tense countdown to Thursday -- A complete surprise -- So now you know -- Death sentence -- Farewell to chemotherapy-and to hope -- From palliative care to hospice -- Hospice care -- A soothing illusion -- French books -- The end approaches -- Death arrives -- The after-death experience -- Life as an independent separate adult -- Home alone -- Sex and grief -- Unreality -- Numbness -- Help from Schopenhauer -- Denial revealed -- Stepping out -- Indecisiveness -- On reading my own work -- Seven advanced lesson on the therapy of grief -- My education continues -- Dear Marilyn.
Summary: "A co-written project by Irvin and Marilyn Yalom, which describes their heartbreaking journey as a couple married 65 years facing the end of their long partnership. A longtime teacher and therapist on the subject of death anxiety, Dr. Yalom now confronts the loss of his wife and his own mortality. This book will offer wisdom from one of the foremost existential psychiatrists and illuminate the importance of relationships-friendship, family, and romantic-as we all age"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 616.89 Y19 Available 33111010485528
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A year-long journey by the renowned psychiatrist and his writer wife after her terminal diagnosis, as they reflect on how to love and live without regret.

Internationally acclaimed psychiatrist and author Irvin Yalom devoted his career to counseling those suffering from anxiety and grief. But never had he faced the need to counsel himself until his wife, esteemed feminist author Marilyn Yalom, was diagnosed with cancer. In A Matter of Death and Life , Marilyn and Irv share how they took on profound new struggles: Marilyn to die a good death, Irv to live on without her.

In alternating accounts of their last months together and Irv's first months alone, they offer us a rare window into facing mortality and coping with the loss of one's beloved. The Yaloms had numerous blessings--a loving family, a Palo Alto home under a magnificent valley oak, a large circle of friends, avid readers around the world, and a long, fulfilling marriage--but they faced death as we all do. With the wisdom of those who have thought deeply, and the familiar warmth of teenage sweethearts who've grown up together, they investigate universal questions of intimacy, love, and grief.

Informed by two lifetimes of experience, A Matter of Death and Life is an openhearted offering to anyone seeking support, solace, and a meaningful life.

The vital box -- Becoming an invalid -- Awareness of evanescence -- Why don't we move to assisted living? -- Retirement : the precise moment of decision -- Setbacks and renewed hopes -- Staring at the sun, once again -- Whose death is this anyway? -- Facing endings -- Considering physician-assisted suicide -- A tense countdown to Thursday -- A complete surprise -- So now you know -- Death sentence -- Farewell to chemotherapy-and to hope -- From palliative care to hospice -- Hospice care -- A soothing illusion -- French books -- The end approaches -- Death arrives -- The after-death experience -- Life as an independent separate adult -- Home alone -- Sex and grief -- Unreality -- Numbness -- Help from Schopenhauer -- Denial revealed -- Stepping out -- Indecisiveness -- On reading my own work -- Seven advanced lesson on the therapy of grief -- My education continues -- Dear Marilyn.

"A co-written project by Irvin and Marilyn Yalom, which describes their heartbreaking journey as a couple married 65 years facing the end of their long partnership. A longtime teacher and therapist on the subject of death anxiety, Dr. Yalom now confronts the loss of his wife and his own mortality. This book will offer wisdom from one of the foremost existential psychiatrists and illuminate the importance of relationships-friendship, family, and romantic-as we all age"-- Provided by publisher.

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