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Words in Pain: Letters on Life and Death

By Trevor Moore

Book information

Publisher
Skyscraper Publications
Year
2019
ISBN
9781911072447, 9781911072355
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2278428 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2022-09-30 15:01:43
BIB000000NonfictionReligion & Spirituality

Description

First published anonymously in 1919, these letters from a dying woman to her doctor display an attitude to death which is fiercely independent of religion but full of hope. The book will appeal to diverse readers: it is a picture of family life and love, interspersed with clear-headed musings on the nature of illness, loss and death; it illuminates the development of rationalist thought, humanism and liberal education and the history of adoption; and it provides comfort for those who try to come to terms with dying, without religion to cushion the blow. As her dialogues with the doctor, a Christian, show, Jacoby is witty and erudite, and rails against the dogmas of organised religion while espousing a passionate morality.

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