ISBN: 9781773861821 - The Last Caravan: The Power of Community at the End of Life (15 results)

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Author Anna Byrne's close friend Mary Morgan spent her life looking for community. As a youth, the pain of Mary's mother's death is made more difficult by her family's silent grief, financial problems and disapproval of her identity as a lesbian. At 17, Mary leaves her troubled home in Toronto to live among the Guna peoples of Panama-- an adventure that ignites four decades of social justice work in war-torn countries around the globe. Flying kites with Bedouin children, smoking with Bosnian men, and resisting the Guatemalan Civil War alongside Maya women offers Mary a powerful salve for her yearning to belong: Chosen family-- communities based on mutual values and support. When faced with a terminal diagnosis while living in a remote British Columbian town with few resources, Mary brings the heart of her life's work-- the power of ordinary people to effect change-- to bear on her dying. In addition to Anna, she asks two other friends-- Jules, and Laurie-- to be her " dying team" and help her to die at home. Over 16 months, until her death with Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID), the team embarks on a profound experiment to curate Mary's vision of a death steeped in beauty, ceremony, and practical support through building a casket, hosting a home vigil, and transporting her body for a green burial. The journey to bring tenderness and creativity to one person's suffering emerges as an antidote to the urgency, scarcity, and loneliness that seek to define our lives-- and deaths. Anna Byrne's The Last Caravan offers a new paradigm for deathcare by returning it to the hands of the community. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Author Anna Byrne's close friend Mary Morgan spent her life looking for community. As a youth, the pain of Mary's mother's death is made more difficult by her family's silent grief, financial problems and disapproval of her identity as a lesbian. At 17, Mary leaves her troubled home in Toronto to live among the Guna peoples of Panama-- an adventure that ignites four decades of social justice work in war-torn countries around the globe. Flying kites with Bedouin children, smoking with Bosnian men, and resisting the Guatemalan Civil War alongside Maya women offers Mary a powerful salve for her yearning to belong: Chosen family-- communities based on mutual values and support. When faced with a terminal diagnosis while living in a remote British Columbian town with few resources, Mary brings the heart of her life's work-- the power of ordinary people to effect change-- to bear on her dying. In addition to Anna, she asks two other friends-- Jules, and Laurie-- to be her ' dying team' and help her to die at home. Over 16 months, until her death with Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID), the team embarks on a profound experiment to curate Mary's vision of a death steeped in beauty, ceremony, and practical support through building a casket, hosting a home vigil, and transporting her body for a green burial. The journey to bring tenderness and creativity to one person's suffering emerges as an antidote to the urgency, scarcity, and loneliness that seek to define our lives-- and deaths. Anna Byrne's The Last Caravan offers a new paradigm for deathcare by returning it to the hands of the community.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Author Anna Byrne's close friend Mary Morgan spent her life looking for community. As a youth, the pain of Mary's mother's death is made more difficult by her family's silent grief, financial problems and disapproval of her identity as a lesbian. At 17, Mary leaves her troubled home in Toronto to live among the Guna peoples of Panama-- an adventure that ignites four decades of social justice work in war-torn countries around the globe. Flying kites with Bedouin children, smoking with Bosnian men, and resisting the Guatemalan Civil War alongside Maya women offers Mary a powerful salve for her yearning to belong: Chosen family-- communities based on mutual values and support. When faced with a terminal diagnosis while living in a remote British Columbian town with few resources, Mary brings the heart of her life's work-- the power of ordinary people to effect change-- to bear on her dying. In addition to Anna, she asks two other friends-- Jules, and Laurie-- to be her " dying team" and help her to die at home. Over 16 months, until her death with Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID), the team embarks on a profound experiment to curate Mary's vision of a death steeped in beauty, ceremony, and practical support through building a casket, hosting a home vigil, and transporting her body for a green burial. The journey to bring tenderness and creativity to one person's suffering emerges as an antidote to the urgency, scarcity, and loneliness that seek to define our lives-- and deaths. Anna Byrne's The Last Caravan offers a new paradigm for deathcare by returning it to the hands of the community. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Author Anna Byrne's close friend Mary Morgan spent her life looking for community. As a youth, the pain of Mary's mother's death is made more difficult by her family's silent grief, financial problems and disapproval of her identity as a lesbian. At 17, Mary leaves her troubled home in Toronto to live among the Guna peoples of Panama-- an adventure that ignites four decades of social justice work in war-torn countries around the globe. Flying kites with Bedouin children, smoking with Bosnian men, and resisting the Guatemalan Civil War alongside Maya women offers Mary a powerful salve for her yearning to belong: Chosen family-- communities based on mutual values and support. When faced with a terminal diagnosis while living in a remote British Columbian town with few resources, Mary brings the heart of her life's work-- the power of ordinary people to effect change-- to bear on her dying. In addition to Anna, she asks two other friends-- Jules, and Laurie-- to be her " dying team" and help her to die at home. Over 16 months, until her death with Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID), the team embarks on a profound experiment to curate Mary's vision of a death steeped in beauty, ceremony, and practical support through building a casket, hosting a home vigil, and transporting her body for a green burial. The journey to bring tenderness and creativity to one person's suffering emerges as an antidote to the urgency, scarcity, and loneliness that seek to define our lives-- and deaths. Anna Byrne's The Last Caravan offers a new paradigm for deathcare by returning it to the hands of the community. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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