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Advice for future corpses * and those who love them : a practical perspective on death and dying / Sallie Tisdale.
From the sublime (the faint sound of Mozart as you take your last breath) to the ridiculous (lessons on how to close the sagging jaw of a corpse), Tisdale leads the reader through the peaks and troughs of death with a calm, wise, and humorous hand. Advice for Future Corpses is more than a how-to manual or a spiritual bible: it is a compilation of honest and intimate anecdotes based on the deaths Tisdale has witnessed in her work and life, as well as stories from cultures, traditions, and literature around the world.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501182174
- ISBN: 150118217X
- ISBN: 9781501182181
- ISBN: 1501182188
- Physical Description: 240 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First Touchstone hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Touchstone, 2018.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Dangerous situation -- Resistance -- A good death -- Communication -- Last months -- Where? -- Last weeks -- Last days -- That moment -- Bodies -- Grieving -- Joy. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Death. Terminal care. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Valemount Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valemount Public Library | anf 306.9 tis (Text) | 35194014316269 | Adult non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Sallie Tisdale is the author of several books, including Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love them), Violation, Talk Dirty to Me, Stepping Westward, and Women of the Way. She has received a Pushcart Prize, an NEA Fellowship, the James D. Phelan Literary Award, and was selected for the Shoenfeldt Distinguished Visiting Writer Series. Her work has appeared in Harper's, The New Yorker, The Threepenny Review, The Antioch Review, Conjunctions, and Tricycle. In addition to her award-winning writing career, Tisdale has been a nurse for many years, including a decade in palliative care. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Visit her online at SallieTisdale.com.
