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Corridor of Uncertainty is published as a limited edition. 400
copies will be available. In addition, a special Collector's
Edition, limited to 100 signed and numbered copies and including a
specially produced inkjet print, will be available. The
specification is as follows: slipcased hardback, Cialux cloth with
foil stamping, 210mm x 247mm, 72 pages with 58 colour plates.
Printed on 170gsm high quality matt art paper.
BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SPECTATOR AND THE TIMES 'Fascinating....
Deeply disturbing... Brilliant' Sunday Times 'Powerful and moving.'
Louis Theroux Meet Adam. He's twenty-seven years old, articulate
and attractive. He also wants to die. Should he be helped? And by
whom? In The Inevitable, award-winning journalist Katie Engelhart
explores one of our most abiding taboos: assisted dying. From
Avril, the 80-year-old British woman illegally importing
pentobarbital, to the Australian doctor dispensing suicide manuals
online, Engelhart travels the world to hear the stories of those on
the quest for a 'good death'. At once intensely troubling and
profoundly moving, The Inevitable interrogates our most
uncomfortable moral questions. Should a young woman facing imminent
paralysis be allowed to end her life with a doctor's help? Should
we be free to die painlessly before dementia takes our mind? Or to
choose death over old age? A deeply reported portrait of everyday
people struggling to make impossible decisions, The Inevitable
sheds crucial light on what it means to flourish, live and die.
The conventional view of grieving--encapsulated by the famous five
stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and
acceptance - is defined by a mourning process that we can only hope
to accept and endure. In The Other Side of Sadness, psychologist
and emotions expert George Bonanno argues otherwise. Our inborn
emotions - anger and denial but also relief and joy - help us deal
effectively with loss. To expect or require only grief-stricken
behaviour from the bereaved does them harm. In fact, grieving goes
beyond mere sadness and it can actually deepen interpersonal
connections and even lead to a new sense of meaning in life.
In late 2019 the Corona virus emerged and spread quickly around the
world. With it went the invisible virus of fear. No one knew how
many of those who caught it would die, but the fear of death was in
the air. Most of the world was locked down. No public figure asked
or tried to answer the questions, at one time so deeply felt: 'Is
death the end?' 'Is there an afterlife?' Perhaps they assumed the
answers 'Yes' and 'No' respectively but, the author argues, those
answers are not to be taken for granted. Unasked questions cause
untold psychological trouble. The author tackles these questions in
a direct, open way of interest to believers and non-believers
alike. In fact he asks 'If you do not believe, do you wish there
were an afterlife?' He acknowledges that he feels great sympathy
with and respect for those who do not believe in the life of the
world to come, and admits that he was once one such. In the book he
explains frankly what he now believes and why. He argues that it is
the most important question that any of us faces: Are we or are we
not created by God to live forever, first in this world and then in
His nearer presence in the life of the world to come? It is not a
comfortable question to face, but which answer is true?
'As long as I'm alive, I'll be with her, and she'll be with me.'
Hunter Davies on Margaret Forster. Happy Old Me is a moving yet
uplifting account of one year in Hunter Davies' life, navigating
bereavement and finding hope in the future. On 8th February 2016,
Margaret Forster lost her life to cancer of the spine. The days
that followed for her husband, Hunter Davies, were carried out on
autopilot: arrangements to be made, family and friends to be
contacted. But how do you cope after you have lost your loved one?
How do you carry on? As Hunter navigates what it means to be alone
again after 55 years of marriage, coping with bereavement and being
elderly (he still doesn't believe he is), he shares his wisdom and
lessons he has learnt living alone again. Revealing his emotional
journey over the course of one year, as well as the often ignored
practical implications of becoming widowed, he learns that,
ultimately, bricks and mortar may change but the memories will
remain. Part memoir, part self-help, Happy Old Me is a fitting,
heart-felt tribute to the love of his life and a surprisingly
amusing and informative book about an age, and stage in life, which
we might all reach someday. The third book in Hunter Davies'
much-loved memoir series, which includes The Co-Op's Got Bananas
and A Life in the Day. Praise for Hunter Davies:- 'He recalls his
childhood growing up in Scotland and Cumbria in the Forties and
Fifties, capturing gritty working-class life with humour and charm
and painting a vivid picture of that period of social history'
Press Association 'What sets this book apart, though, is its
avoidance of cliche and its determination to reveal everything that
might be revealed.' Daily Mail 'Eighty-year-old Davies takes a
delightfully irreverent approach to his account of his youth and
his days as a rookie journalist. Food was rationed, clothes were
utilitarian and life could be rough, but there was fun to be had
from friendships, films, skiffle and girls' Sunday Express 'Davies
is a wonderful companion, leading readers down memory lane with
great chumminess that will really resonate with those of a certain
age. This book deserves a place on the shelf beside Alan Johnson's
This Boy.' Express 'Ken Loach might have turned all this into a
powerful social film, but the avuncular Davies sprinkles in so many
cheery anecdotes that the book bounces along enjoyably' Sunday
Times
This book gives insights into the pain and suffering involved when
people are grieving for someone who has committed suicide, but it
also offers hope without diminishing the significance of the
suffering involved. As such, it has a lot to offer, and is
therefore to be welcomed.' - Well-Being 'This book provides deep
and valuable insight into the experiences of "suicide survivors" -
those who have been left behind by the suicide of friend, family
member or loved one.' - Therapy Today 'The personal stories are
full of pathos interest and will clarify where the death leaves
those left behind. The list of self-help groups is world wide and
it will be useful that you can point the bereaved and traumatized
in the right direction.' - Accident and Emergency Nursing Journal
'The authors describe powerfully the effect of suicide on survivors
and the world of silence, shame, guilt and depression that can
follow. Author Christopher Lake is a suicide survivor and co-author
Henry Seiden is an experienced therapist and educator. They use
sensitive and unambiguous language to provide an understanding of
what it is like to live in the wake of suicide and the struggle to
make sense of the world. They also look at how survivors might
actively respond to their situation, rather than being passive
victims. This book should be read by any professional who is likely
to come into contact with people affected by suicide.' - Nursing
Standard, October 2007 'The book is well written and relevant to
both survivors and professionals concerned for the welfare of those
bereaved by suicide.' - SOBS (Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide)
Newsletter 'Silent grief is a book for and about "suicide
survivors," defined as people who have experienced the death of a
friend or relative through suicide, and for anyone who wants to
understand what survivors go through. The book explains the
profound, traumatic effect suicide has on individuals bereaved in
such circumstances. Using verbatim quotes from survivors it
explains how they experience feelings of shame, guilt, anger,
doubt, isolation and depression. This book provides good insight
into the experience of individuals affected by suicide and can be a
useful resource to anybody working with such people - be it
prisoners who have lost someone close through suicide or the family
of a prisoner following a self-inflicted death in prison. -
National Offender Management Service. Safer Custody News. Safer
Custody Group. May/June 2007 Silent Grief is a book for and about
"suicide survivors" - those who have been left behind by the
suicide of a friend or loved one. Author Christopher Lukas is a
suicide survivor himself - several members of his family have taken
their own lives - and the book draws on his own experiences, as
well as those of numerous other suicide survivors. These inspiring
personal testimonies are combined with the professional expertise
of Dr. Henry M. Seiden, a psychologist and psychoanalytic
psychotherapist. The authors present information on common
experiences of bereavement, grief reactions and various ways of
coping. Their message is that it is important to share one's
experience of "survival" with others and they encourage survivors
to overcome the perceived stigma or shame associated with suicide
and to seek support from self-help groups, psychotherapy, family
therapy, Internet support forums or simply a friend or family
member who will listen. This revised edition has been fully updated
and describes new forms of support including Internet forums, as
well as addressing changing societal attitudes to suicide and an
increased willingness to discuss suicide publicly. Silent Grief
gives valuable insights into living in the wake of suicide and
provides useful strategies and support for those affected by a
suicide, as well as professionals in the field of psychology,
social work, and medicine.
After author Shannon Huffman Polson's parents are killed by a wild
grizzly bear in Alaska's Arctic, her quest for healing is recounted
with heartbreaking candor in North of Hope. Undergirded by her
faith, Polson's expedition takes her through her through the wilds
of her own grief as well as God's beautiful, yet wild and untamed
creation--ultimately arriving at a place of unshaken hope. She
travels from the suburbs of Seattle to the concert hall, performing
Mozart's Requiem with the Seattle Symphony, to the wilderness of
Alaska--where she retraces their final days along an Arctic river.
This beautifully written book is for anyone who has experienced
grief and is looking for new ways to understand overwhelming loss.
Readers will find empathy and understanding through Polson's
journey. North of Hope is also for those who love the outdoors and
find solace and healing in nature, as they experience Alaska's wild
Arctic through the author's travels.
Grief and loss are inevitable, a part of life's journey. At one
time we will need to midwife someone we love through their grief;
at another time we will need to be held in ours - each taking turns
loving, grieving, and holding each other along the way. We learn to
do this by doing it. Being There for Someone in Grief is written
for those who grieve and those who wish to walk beside someone who
is grieving in a way that is welcomed, helpful, respectful, and
kind. In the pages of this book, you will learn how to be present
for another in the unpredictability that death brings. Through
storytelling, it offers a general map of the landscape you will
journey as you learn how to gaze into the face of suffering without
running away. You will become skilled at being present for
yourself, noticing your own fears and losses while being available
to another. The stories offered here will assure you that we are
all on a journey from birth to death and that the person you love
who is grieving will return from their dark night, although both of
you may be changed. This book will help you learn to stay, even
when it's hard. And if you should decide to be there authentically
and intimately for someone who's grieving, a remarkable thing can
happen - love can heal grief's wound.
On Death and Dying is one of the most important books ever written on the subject and is still considered the bench-mark in the care of the dying. It became an immediate bestseller, and Life magazine called it "a profound lesson for the living." This companion volume consists of the questions that are most frequently asked of Dr. Kübler-Ross and her compassionate answers. She discusses accepting the end of life, suicide, terminal illness, euthanasia, how to tell a patient he or she is critically ill, and how to deal with all the special difficulties surrounding death. Questions and Answers on Death and Dying is a vital resource for doctors, nurses, members of the clergy, social workers, and lay people dealing with death and dying.
Few experiences can compare to the trauma and pain of losing a
baby; and the wall of silence that often surrounds that loss can
make grieving even harder. Loving You From Here explores the
traumatic impact of losing a baby through stillbirth and neonatal
death. It features the moving stories of multiple families; some
affected recently, some decades ago, but still living with the
loss. This book is a practical guide for grieving parents in the
grips of tragedy, and those around them who want to be able to
offer support. From managing those initial feelings of shock,
grief, guilt and anger, this book will also show families how it is
possible to grow around that grief and eventually form an enduring
bond with their baby. This profound and insightful book will help
everyone impacted by the loss of a baby - before, during or after
birth - including those who have suffered an early or a late
miscarriage and those who have had an ectopic pregnancy, and
provides sensitive and reassuring advice on all aspects of loss and
bereavement, as well as practical advice on how to find a new
normal. This groundbreaking book breaks through the suffocating
silence that surrounds the death of a baby and gives a voice to all
those affected by baby loss.
The Irish do death differently. Funeral attendance is a solemn duty
- but it can also be a big day out, requiring sophisticated crowd
control, creative parking solutions and a high-end sound system.
Despite having the same basic end-of-life infrastructure as other
Western countries, Irish culture handles death with a unique blend
of dignified ritual and warm sociability. In Sorry for Your
Trouble, Ann Marie Hourihane holds up a mirror to the Irish way of
death: the funny bits, the sad bits, and the hard-to-explain bits
that tell us so much about who we are. She follows the last weeks
of a woman's life in hospice; she witnesses an embalming; she
attends inquests; she talks to people working to prevent suicide;
she follows the team of specialists working to locate the remains
of people 'disappeared' by the IRA; and she visits some of
Ireland's most contested graves. She also explores the strange and
sometimes surprising histories of Irish death practices, from the
traditional wake and ritual lamentations to the busy commerce
between anatomists and bodysnatchers. And she goes to funerals, of
ordinary and extraordinary people all over the country - including
that of her own father. 'I had joined a club,' she writes, 'the
club of people who have lost someone very close to them.' And then,
with her family, she sets about planning a funeral in the middle of
a pandemic. Sorry for Your Trouble sheds fresh, wise and witty
light on a key pillar of Irish culture: a vast but strangely
underexplored subject. Rich, sparkling and eye-opening, it is one
of the best books ever written about Irish life.
___________________________ 'A beautiful, insightful reflection on
a very, very peculiar country's approach to the oddest experience
of them all' RYAN TUBRIDY 'Hugely moving and illuminating. All of
life, somehow, is here' TANYA SWEENEY, IRISH INDEPENDENT 'Moving,
comforting and funny' BUSINESS POST
Funerary Practices in Serbia is the first book to offer a concise
yet highly informative study of the historical development and
current state of funerary practices in Serbia. Situated in a
constant dynamic struggle between traditional cultural customs and
modern legislation, funerary practices in Serbia represent a
particularly interesting field of research. In this study,
Pavicevic combines an investigation of long-term developments and
recent changes to place contemporary practices in their wider
historical context, emphasizing the complicated geo-political,
demographic and cultural factors that have shaped funeral
traditions in Serbia over time. In particular, she demonstrates how
the country's frequent changing of borders and life under the rule
of two great empires - the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman - fostered
the emergence of colorful funerary traditions, such as open-casket
burial and vigils around the body, that persist to this day in
spite of government attempts to modernize funerary practice since
the end of the 19th century. The book also provides illuminating
insights into the legal framework surrounding current funerary
practices in Serbia, the relationship between the state and private
sectors, the ownership of cemeteries and gravesites, the role of
churches and religious communities, religious and ethnic variations
in funerary culture and traditions, and the development of modern
cremation practices in Serbia. This book provides a useful and
original resource for policymakers and practitioners interested in
the historic, legal, technical and professional aspects of the
Serbian funerary industry, and to researchers in cultural
anthropology, history, sociology and cultural management.
SHORTLISTED FOR TWO IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021 'Something they don't
tell you about getting older is that you fall. Oh, you hear about
it in passing, of course, "She had a fall, poor thing". Falling is
not something you ever think about as a younger woman. You think
about falling in love . . .' At 20 Londoner Ann Ingle fell madly in
love with an Irish fellow she met on holiday in Cornwall. At the
church to arrange their shotgun wedding she discovered that he
hadn't even told her his real name. Sixty-odd years later Ann looks
back on that first glorious fall and in a series of essays
considers what she has learned from the life that followed -
bringing eight children into the world, their father's years of
mental illness and tragic death at 40, being a cash-strapped single
mother in 1980s Dublin, coming into her own in her middle years -
going to college, working and writing, and continuing to evolve and
learn into her ninth decade, even as she accepts the realities of
being 'old'. Candid about everything that matters - love, sex,
heartbreak, money, class, religion, mental health, rearing children
(and letting them go), reading and writing, ageing - Openhearted is
a compelling story about living life in a spirit of curiosity and
delight and with a willingness to look for good in others.
___________________ 'By some distance the most courageous, most
poignant, most life-affirming memoir I've read in the last twenty
years and more' Paul Howard 'Genuinely inspirational. I LOVE ANN
INGLE' Marian Keyes 'What a beautiful openhearted, at times
broken-hearted memoir ... honest, funny, searingly direct, a
wonderful voice ... remarkable' Joe Duffy 'Really beautiful.
Searingly honest, astonishingly frank and very, very funny' Maia
Dunphy
'Completely original, raw and warm' Evening Standard Books of the
Summer 'Poignant... written with intelligence and tears' Ben Okri
'Nuanced, absorbing and moving... extraordinary' Observer 'Raw,
poetic, beautifully formed' Daisy Johnson When Xanthi Barker's
father died when she was in her mid twenties, she could make no
sense of her grief for a man who had been absent for most of her
life. Her father, poet Sebastian Barker, had left Xanthi, her
mother and her brother to pursue writing and a new relationship,
when Xanthi was a baby. Growing up she had always struggled to
reconcile his extravagant affection - a rocking horse crafted from
scavenged wood, the endless stream of poems and drawings and
letters, conversations that spiralled from the structure of
starlight to philosophy to Bruce Springsteen - with the fact that
he could not be depended upon for more everyday things. Though
theirs was a relationship defined by departures, he always
returned, so why should this farewell be any different, or more
final? WILL THIS HOUSE LAST FOREVER? is a heartfelt and wholly
original memoir about the pain of having to come to terms with a
parent's mortality, the way grief so utterly defies logic, and
about learning to see the flaws in those that we love, and let them
go.
'Essential reading for anyone who has been through the sadness of a
lost pregnancy' The Times 'Sensitive and insightful' Sunday Times
Style 'This book will be a godsend to any woman going through the
murky devastation that is called miscarriage but feels like
something else entirely: the loss of a baby' Ariel Levy 'A
compassionate, nuanced book that does this very complicated grief
justice' Pandora Sykes 'This book will be the friend to hold your
hand while you navigate your own pathway of grief. I'm so glad it's
here' Elle Wright Beyond Grief also contains interviews with
experts and other women who have experienced losses of their own,
including Elizabeth Day, Leandra Medine Cohen, Melissa Odabash,
Jools Oliver, Alexandra Stedman and Latham Thomas. Pippa Vosper
tragically lost her son Axel in 2017, when she was five months
pregnant, and has since written about miscarriage and baby loss
online and in a series of pieces for Vogue. Beyond Grief:
Navigating the Journey of Pregnancy and Baby Loss is the book she
wishes had been available when her son died. It covers every aspect
of pregnancy and baby loss at any stage, from the practical to the
emotional, with advice from experts and stories from women who have
been through it themselves. Beyond Grief offers both an inclusive
perspective and a guiding hand to anyone who has experienced any
kind of pregnancy loss, as well as those who are trying to support
them through it.
The US and Europe have unraveled since World War II and radicalism
has metastasized into every community, tearing away the decency,
optimism, and security that shaped those robust democracies for
more than eight decades. No place is immune, including the small
West Texas town of Dell City, where four generations of an iconic
American family and a Syrian Muslim family carve a farming empire
out of the unforgiving high desert. These families' partnership is
as unlikely as the idea of a United States, and their powerful
friendship can be traced back to a bloody knife fight in a Juarez
cantina just after World War II. The bond forged that night between
Jack Laws, an Irish American who staked his claim in West Texas
after the war, and Ali Zarkan, whose great-grandfather sailed from
the Middle East to Texas in the mid-1800s as part of President
Franklin Pierce's attempt to create the US Army Camel Corps, shapes
each generation of the families as they come of age and adapt to
shifting paradigms of gender, commerce, patriotism, loyalty,
religion, and sexuality. From the beaches of the Western Pacific to
the battlefields of the Middle East and from the lawless streets of
Juarez to the darkest corners of the Internet, the two families
fight real and perceived enemies--journeying, as they do, through
the football fields of Texas and West Point, the hippie playgrounds
of Asia, the music halls of Austin, the terrorist cells of Europe
and the political backrooms where fortunes are gained or lost over
the rights to Western water. Underlying their experiences is the
basic question of what constitutes identity and citizenship in
America, or in Texas, a land over which six flags have flown. The
seventh flag, ultimately, is not one of a state or a nation, but of
a mosaic of cultures, religions, and people from every corner of
the world--all struggling to define what it means to be unified
under an ambiguous banner.
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Sadly, too many people have had the experience of Abby
Schneiderman: Her brother was killed in a car accident, and the
family was left with no idea of what he wanted - he hadn't left any
plans behind. No will, no health proxy, and no one, including his
wife, knew his passwords. Out of this tragedy came the focus of
Everplans, a digital company that Abby cofounded to help people of
all ages organise their lives and legacy now - so that their loved
ones won't have to later. Drawing on the wealth of experience from
Abby and the Everplans team, this book presents a clearly designed
and easy-to-follow program to help even the most disorganised
reader take control of modern life's burgeoning mess of on- and
off-line details. Breaking the job down into three levels, from the
most urgent (granting access to passwords, outlining a financial
blueprint) to the technical (creating a manual for the systems in
your home) to the nostalgic (assembling a living memory complete
with photos, recipes, significant stories), In Case You Get Hit by
a Bus takes the anxiety and stress out of putting your life in
order. With a wealth of information to cover just about any
contingency, it will help you leave the best parting gift you could
ever imagine.
This book tells the story of two people, born in poverty, who found
each other and married in a world at war. They brought up and
educated a family, but while their two sons were still very young,
the father, a strong man who had served for twenty-five years in
the army in India, developed the symptoms of Huntington's disease.
This cast a deep shadow over the family as his condition
deteriorated over the next twenty-five years, but their faithful
experience of God's love and their deep love for each other gave
them the strength and sense of purpose that brought them safe to
the end, a meaning expressed in the words of Mother Julian of
Norwich: "Do you want to know what our Lord meant in all this? Love
is his meaning. In this love our life is everlasting. All this we
shall see in God without end." Love is His Meaning recreates in a
new way and as one book, as the author always wished, the story
first presented in Stranger on the Shore and This Life of Grace,
both of which captivated readers. This new book has allowed the
author to draw together the separate stories of his parents and of
their families, before they were married, the story of their
marriage and of his mother's long life after his father's death.
This treatment, of parallel lives, gives a picture of life in our
country over the whole of the twentieth century, allowing the
reader to grasp what life was like for many ordinary families in
those days when the power of the Christian Faith was more
influential and widely experienced.
The inspiring and powerful book about navigating loss from
acclaimed grief coach and New York Times bestselling author Hope
Edelman, featuring an exclusive new introduction 'Hope Edelman
remains unmatched in perfectly weaving touching personal anecdotes
with illuminating scientific data, to remind us we are not alone'
Rachel Reichblum, That Good Grief _________ Grief is a path we can
all expect to walk one day, when we lose someone we love, and life
suddenly looks different. In The Aftergrief, Hope Edelman helps us
to understand that loss isn't something to get over, get past, or
move beyond. Drawing on her own experiences of early bereavement,
as well as interviews with dozens of people who have lost someone
dear, The Aftergrief guides us through: * The story of grief *
Getting it together * New and old grief * Finding self-expression *
Reauthoring your story of loss * Finding continuity Offering advice
for processing loss, regaining balance in its wake and even finding
new purpose, Edelman reminds us that our sorrow can ebb and flow,
recede and return, and this doesn't mean that we're 'doing it
wrong.' Above all, The Aftergrief helps us to see that while
grieving may be a lifelong process, it needn't be a lifelong
struggle. _________ 'An invaluable, outstanding and unique resource
laced with empathy, wisdom and constructive ideas for those whose
lives have been touched by loss and tragedy' Dr Shelley Gilbert
MBE, Founder and President of Grief Encounter and author of
Griefbook 'Hope Edelman remains unmatched in perfectly weaving
touching personal anecdotes with illuminating scientific data, to
remind us we are not alone. The author of the seminal Motherless
Daughters continues to be at the forefront of changing how the
world understands loss, and The Aftergrief is no exception' Rachel
Reichblum of That Good Grief 'In the 1970s the phone rang one
Friday afternoon when I was aged thirteen and I was told my mum was
dead. If I'd had a road map like this for dealing with grief it
would have changed my childhood' Tony Livesey, BBC Radio 5 Live
*THE NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER* What are the things we live for? What
matters most in life when your time is short? This brave, frank and
heartbreaking book shows what it means to die before your time; how
to take charge of your life and fill it with wonder, hope and joy
even in the face of tragedy. Ambitious and talented, Kate Gross
worked at Number 10 Downing Street for two British Prime Ministers
whilst only in her twenties. At thirty, she was CEO of a charity
working with fragile democracies in Africa. She had married 'the
best looking man I've ever kissed' - and given birth to twin boys
in 2008. The future was bright. But aged 34, Kate was diagnosed
with advanced colon cancer. After a two-year battle with the
disease, Kate died peacefully at home on Christmas morning, just
ten minutes before her sons awoke to open their stockings. She
began to write as a gift to herself, a reminder that she could
create even as her body began to self-destruct. Written for those
she loves,her book is not a conventional cancer memoir; nor is it
filled with medical jargon or misery. Instead, it is Kate's
powerful attempt to make sense of the woman who emerged in the
strange, lucid final chunk of her life. Her book aspires to give
hope and purpose to the lives of her readers even as her own life
drew to its close. Kate should have been granted decades to say all
that she says in these pages. Denied the chance to bore her
children and grandchildren with stories when she became fat and
old, she offers us all her thoughts on how to live; on the wonder
to be found in the everyday; the importance of friendship and love;
what it means to die before your time and how to fill your life
with hope and joy even in the face of tragedy.
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