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Conversations at Midnight: Coming to Terms with Dying and Death
Conversations at Midnight Coming to Terms with Dying and Death Author:Herbert Kramer, Kay Kramer Herbert Kramer is dying of cancer. The unknown enemy he has tried to stave off his entire life is now a prickly, unavoidable companion. How Herb learns to acknowledge this presence -- to call death out of the shadows and make its acquaintance -- and come to terms with human mortality becomes the inspirational journey to discovery tha... more »t is Conversations at Midnight.
Framed as a series of dialogues between Herb and his wife, Kay, a therapist who has helped hundreds of patients and their loved ones cope with dying and death, the book is a powerful, intimate, yet universal look at the way we deal with death, both personally and as part of a larger culture. How do we fight it? How and when do we give in? Do we glimpse heaven in our final days, or is spirituality merely a hope? Is there dignity in pain, and are euthanasia and suicide valid options? How do we make peace with the ones we leave behind? As Herb struggles for the answers, he undergoes a spiritual reawakening that is as transcendental for him as it will be for the reader. There is no area of our lives so fraught with confusion, denial, and mystery as death; rarely has it been confronted so openly and honestly as it is in Conversations at Midnight. Herb couldn't make death go away, but he left behind a unique gift -- a book that offers comfort, strength, and courage in facing the inevitable. « less