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Wrestling with the Angel - Literary Writings and Reflections on Death, Dying and Bereavement (Paperback)
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Wrestling with the Angel - Literary Writings and Reflections on Death, Dying and Bereavement (Paperback)
Series: Death, Value and Meaning Series
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Wrestling with the Angel addresses the human struggle to cope with
death, dying, grief, and bereavement. The book includes essays, a
one-act play, a short story, and poetry, including shape poems,
rhyming, structured verse, and free verse. In the one-act play, an
angel of death comes for a man who has lived an unexamined life and
wants to explain why he is not prepared to leave. The short story
offers a humorous look at a man who resists aging by continuing to
view himself as the young man he once was. The diverse genres allow
for different ways of exploring these issues, but all are intended
to engage the reader's emotions as well as intellect. The writings
incorporate reflections and quotations addressing common human
issues related to our mortality and explore reactions to the loss
of a loved one--whether expected, such as the death of an aging
parent or someone with a terminal illness, or unexpected, such as
accidental death. The final chapters examine how aging causes us to
assess our lives and why preparing ourselves for death can enhance
the quality of our life. This is a book with many more questions
than answers, but the reader is invited to share in the process of
finding answers. It is a book that requires the reader to be
comfortable with ambiguity, because the reality it describes is
often ambiguous--a reality that presents us with many choices but
few certainties. Intended Audience: Scholars, hospice workers,
funeral home directors, hospital chaplains, ministers, and others
who work with bereavement issues; classes in death education and
classes for mental health professionals in death and grief; general
readers who have suffered the loss of a loved one.
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