A Matter of Death and Life
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A Matter of Death and Life

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

A Matter of Death and Life

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
Redwood Press
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781503632585, 9781503613768
eBook ISBN
9781503627772
Edition
1
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Social Psychology
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Praise for A Matter of Death and Life
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. 1. The Vital Box
  9. 2. Becoming an Invalid
  10. 3. Awareness of Evanescence
  11. 4. Why Don’t We Move to Assisted Living?
  12. 5. Retirement: The Precise Moment of Decision
  13. 6. Setbacks and Renewed Hopes
  14. 7. Staring at the Sun, Once Again
  15. 8. Whose Death Is This Anyway?
  16. 9. Facing Endings
  17. 10. Considering Physician-Assisted Suicide
  18. 11. A Tense Countdown to Thursday
  19. 12. A Complete Surprise
  20. 13. So Now You Know
  21. 14. Death Sentence
  22. 15. Farewell to Chemotherapy—and to Hope
  23. 16. From Palliative Care to Hospice
  24. 17. Hospice Care
  25. 18. A Soothing Illusion
  26. 19. French Books
  27. 20. The End Approaches
  28. 21. Death Arrives
  29. 22. The After-Death Experience
  30. We Will Remember
  31. 23. Life as an Independent, Separate Adult
  32. 24. Home Alone
  33. 25. Sex and Grief
  34. 26. Unreality
  35. 27. Numbness
  36. 28. Help from Schopenhauer
  37. 29. Denial Revealed
  38. 30. Stepping Out
  39. 31. Indecisiveness
  40. 32. On Reading My Own Work
  41. 33. Seven Advanced Lessons in the Therapy of Grief
  42. 34. My Education Continues
  43. 35. Dear Marilyn