A hospice chaplain's lessons on the meaning of life, from those who are leaving it
What are the top regrets of the dying? That's what Kerry Egan, a hospice chaplain, learned as she listened to her patients on their deathbeds, witnessing what she calls the "spiritual work of dying" - the work of finding or making meaning of one's life, the experiences it contained and the people who have touched it. In this book she recalls the stories she heard - stories of hope and regret, shame and pride, mystery and revelation, and secrets held too long.
This isn't a book about dying - it's a book about living. Each of Egan's patients taught her something; in this moving and beautiful book, she imparts their poignant and profound lessons on how to live a life without regrets.
- ISBN10 0241301262
- ISBN13 9780241301265
- Publish Date 4 May 2017 (first published 25 October 2016)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 April 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Penguin Life
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English