A Troubled Guest: Life and Death Stories - Softcover

Mairs, Nancy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807062499 ISBN 13: 9780807062494

Publisher: Beacon Press, 2002

Synopsis

A focused personal and ethical examination of life in the face of death, by one of our most acclaimed essayists.

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Review:

'Nancy Mairs writes knowingly, even lovingly, about a subject most of us seek to avoid: death and its essential place in life. Her gripping meditations. . . both comfort and provoke with their spiritual strength and hard-won wisdom.' -O Magazine

'The ten essays in Nancy Mairs's A Troubled Guest . . . radiate the truest kinds of insight about life, illness, death, and above all, love.' -Elle Magazine

'Through these evocative and often affecting essays, Mairs charts a territory that defines the corporeal and the spiritual, delineating as much about how we live as how we die.' -Publishers Weekly

'In clear, unaffected prose that quickly establishes -along with her candor-an intimacy with the reader, Mairs begins by explaining her feelings toward her own impending death. . . . Not self-help by any stretch, but it will be of interest to anyone recently touched by death.' -Kirkus Reviews

Synopsis:

A focused personal and ethical examination of life in the face of death, by an American essayist. The essays are written in unaffected prose that seeks to establish an intimacy with the reader. Topics covered include suicide, the death penalty and other life-and-death decisions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0807062499
• ISBN 13: 9780807062494
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208