{"product_id":"advice-for-future-corpses-and-those-who-love-them-a-practical-perspective-on-death-and-dying-paperback","title":"Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSallie Tisdale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK CRITICS' TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In its loving, fierce specificity, this book on how to die is also a blessedly saccharine-free guide for how to live\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFormer NEA fellow and Pushcart Prize-winning writer Sallie Tisdale offers a lyrical, thought-provoking, yet practical perspective on death and dying in \u003ci\u003eAdvice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them)\u003c\/i\u003e. Informed by her many years working as a nurse, with more than a decade in palliative care, Tisdale provides a frank, direct, and compassionate meditation on the inevitable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the sublime (the faint sound of Mozart as you take your last breath) to the ridiculous (lessons on how to close the sagging jaw of a corpse), Tisdale leads us through the peaks and troughs of death with a calm, wise, and humorous hand. \u003ci\u003eAdvice for Future Corpses\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a how-to manual or a spiritual bible: it is a graceful compilation of honest and intimate anecdotes based on the deaths Tisdale has witnessed in her work and life, as well as stories from cultures, traditions, and literature around the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tisdale explores all the heartbreaking, beautiful, terrifying, confusing, absurd, and even joyful experiences that accompany the work of dying, including: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Good Death: \u003c\/b\u003eWhat does it mean to die \"a good death\"? Can there be more than one kind of good death? What can I do to make my death, or the deaths of my loved ones, good?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCommunication\u003c\/b\u003e: What to say and not to say, what to ask, and when, from the dying, loved ones, doctors, and more.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLast Months, Weeks, Days, and Hours\u003c\/b\u003e: What you might expect, physically and emotionally, including the limitations, freedoms, pain, and joy of this unique time.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBodies\u003c\/b\u003e: What happens to a body after death? What options are available to me after my death, and how do I choose--and make sure my wishes are followed?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGrief: \u003c\/b\u003e\"Grief is the story that must be told over and over...Grief is the breath after the last one.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beautifully written and compulsively readable, \u003ci\u003eAdvice for Future Corpses\u003c\/i\u003e offers the resources and reassurance that we all need for planning the ends of our lives, and is essential reading for future corpses everywhere. \"Sallie Tisdale's elegantly understated new book pretends to be a user's guide when in fact it's a profound meditation\" (David Shields, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eReality Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSallie Tisdale is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eAdvice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love them)\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eViolation, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTalk Dirty to Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStepping Westward\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWomen of the Way\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received a Pushcart Prize, an NEA Fellowship, the James D. Phelan Literary Award, and was selected for the Shoenfeldt Distinguished Visiting Writer Series. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Antioch Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTricycle\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to her award-winning writing career, Tisdale has been a nurse for many years, including a decade in palliative care. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Visit her online at SallieTisdale.com. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431112163506,"sku":"9781501182181","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/10a3d845147b56053284b10e47b93bcd.webp?v=1778584353","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/advice-for-future-corpses-and-those-who-love-them-a-practical-perspective-on-death-and-dying-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}