{"product_id":"9780472030781-companions-for-the-passage-stories-of-the-intimate-privilege-of-accompanying-the-dying","title":"Companions for the Passage","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStories of the Intimate Privilege of Accompanying the Dying\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories of people who have been with and cared for a loved one at the moment of death \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCompanions for the Passage\u003c\/i\u003e, from the author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eWater Music\u003c\/i\u003e, is an unforgettable book on a rarely visited subject: the personal stories of those who have witnessed the death of a loved one. Similar to works of Studs Terkel, author Marjorie Ryerson's interviews capture the human condition through their wide variety of experiences and voices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Some of the interviewees are religious, some not; some encouraged their loved ones to accept death, others to fight it to the end. There are stories of heroic nurses and of indifferent hospital bureaucracies, of deaths that came too soon, and those that came at the end of a long, rich life. Possessing an affirmative quality that is anything but sentimental, ultimately these stories celebrate the experience of being present at the death of a loved one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55422090314102,"sku":"9780472030781","price":14.92,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33702688.jpg?v=1748608768","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780472030781-companions-for-the-passage-stories-of-the-intimate-privilege-of-accompanying-the-dying","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}