La notte non fa paura

In brief - Best book of the year without question. A powerful and moving read. In full This is the story of some of Dr Kathryn Mannix's patients. She has written this because, as a palliative care specialist of 30 years, she has seen a lot of people dying. She is also aware of the lack of information Leggi tutto

Surprisingly peaceful and comforting. Well worth reading.

I very rarely give a book five stars, but this was so moving, eloquent, informative, poignant, and beautifully crafted that anything less felt unfair. I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone, regardless of age, as an educational, moral, and preparatory text that will allow the reader to d Leggi tutto

This is close to the most uplifting thing I've ever read. It's beautifully written and quietly inspiring.

Kathryn Mannix's With the End in Mind: Dying, Death and Wisdom in an Age of Denial is written from her own experiences as a specialist in palliative care, and this proved, for me, both its strength and its downfall. The book is structured around a series of fictionalised case studies drawn from Mann Leggi tutto

I have mixed feelings about this book. Sometimes the stories almost moved me to tears, and I was interested to learn many things about dying and how it often follows a very recognisable pattern. But there are also things that irritated me and make me question elements of the narrative, which of cour Leggi tutto

I listened to this audiobook and I was very impressed with this book. The book shares the stories of a palliative care doctor and the people she gets to know who are facing death. Unfortunately in our society we seem to have become afraid of dying and being able to talk to people facing death. This is Leggi tutto