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  2. What We Wish Were True : Reflections On Nurturing Life And Facing Death

What we wish were true : reflections on nurturing life and facing death

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  • Auteur: Quinn, Tallu Schuyler
    Résumé:

    Profound essays on nurturing life while facing a terminal diagnosis, from the dedicated humanitarian and young mother creating "a vibrant legacy for us to hold on to and learn from" (Ann Patchett) -- What We Wish Were True Through gorgeous prose, Quinn masterfully weaves together the themes of life and death by integrating spiritually nourishing stories about family, identity, vocational call, beloved community, God's wide welcome, and living with brain cancer. Taken together, these stunning essays are a piercing reminder to cherish each moment, whether heartbreaking or hilarious, and cast loose other concerns. As a mother, a kindred spirit, and a dear friend, Tallu Schuyler Quinn looks into our eyes with well-earned tears in her own and tells us the bittersweet truth: We are all searching for what has already found us--present and boundless love. This love will deliver us and never let us go.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Body, mind and spirit, Psychology
    Subject(s): Conduct of life, Health
    Original Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] , Penguin Random House
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9780593615430

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    0593615433

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Profound essays on nurturing life while facing a terminal diagnosis, from the dedicated humanitarian and young mother creating "a vibrant legacy for us to hold on to and learn from" (Ann Patchett) -- What We Wish Were True Through gorgeous prose, Quinn masterfully weaves together the themes of life and death by integrating spiritually nourishing stories about family, identity, vocational call, beloved community, God's wide welcome, and living with brain cancer. Taken together, these stunning essays are a piercing reminder to cherish each moment, whether heartbreaking or hilarious, and cast loose other concerns. As a mother, a kindred spirit, and a dear friend, Tallu Schuyler Quinn looks into our eyes with well-earned tears in her own and tells us the bittersweet truth: We are all searching for what has already found us--present and boundless love. This love will deliver us and never let us go.

Genre
Biographies and autobiographies
Body, mind and spirit
Psychology
Subject
Conduct of life
Health
Publisher (Source)

[Place of publication not identified]

Penguin Random House

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