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Briefly perfectly human : making an authentic life by getting real about the end / Alua Arthur.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arthur, Alua, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arthur, Alua.
- Death.
- Terminally ill--Care.
- Terminally ill.
- Conduct of life.
- Terminally ill--Home care.
- ethics (philosophical concept).
- Genre:
- Biography.
- Self-help publications.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 256 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Mariner Books, [2024]
- Summary:
- "A deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead better, more fulfilling and authentic lives, from America's preeminent death doula"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A friend at the end
- The body always wins
- Death at our heels
- Peter
- Show up and shut up
- Teach me how to doula
- Stay black and die
- Finding your feet
- Fighting losing battles
- Hexagon-shaped peg
- Glimmer of freedom
- Stepping off the wheel
- Troubled legacies
- People who need people
- Breaking open
- Cuba te espera
- Epilogue: Glitter wave.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Arthur, Alua. Briefly perfectly human
- ISBN:
- 9780063240032
- 0063240033
- 9780063240063
- 0063240068
- OCLC:
- 1402262619
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