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Briefly perfectly human : making an authentic life by getting real about the end / Alua Arthur.

Arthur, Alua, (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063240032
  • ISBN: 0063240033
  • ISBN: 9780063240063
  • ISBN: 0063240068
  • Physical Description: x, 256 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Mariner Books, [2024]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Arthur, Alua.
Death.
Terminally ill > Care.
Conduct of life.
Terminally ill > Home care.
Genre: Self-help publications.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 32 of 42 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 2 of 3 copies available at Harnett County Library. (Show)

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Benhaven Public Library 306.9 Art (Text) 33630005378232 Adult Nonfiction Checked out 10/30/2024
Coats Public Library 306.9 Art (Text) 33633002083896 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Harnett County Main Library 306.9 Art (Text) 33630005379123 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library 306.9 A (Text) 39493110112119 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Annie Hubbard McEachern Public Library 306.9 ARTHUR (Text) 34510000701639 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Black Mountain Library 306.9 ART (Text) 0020660295690 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Bunn Branch 306.9/Arthur (Text) 72350000121264 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Clemmons Branch 306.9 A 2024 (Text) 0112524208399 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Columbus Library 306.9 ART (Text) 31250200089503 Adult New Nonfiction Checked out 11/05/2024
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