The Last Time I Saw You Alive : Lessons from Last Moments with Family and Friends

Renwick Jones

ISBN 10: 1462057896 / ISBN 13: 9781462057894

Editore: Iuniverse, 2011

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Do you remember the last time you saw a certain family member or special friend alive It might not be an experience you want to relive, but it can tell you some important things about yourself and others. Author Renwick Jones does remember. He first encountered death when his paternal grandfather passed away. It then struck someone much closer to him-his brother, who died of sickle cell anemia. As the years passed, more loved ones died, and Jones also had to fight some serious health challenges of his own. In this powerful memoir, he explores a wide range of internal battles as well as outside factors that affect everyone, including the role that hospitals play when someone becomes ill, the duties of funeral directors when death strikes, the special perspectives of chaplains, and the functions that cemeteries serve when someone dies. Though death means absence, it gives you the ability to remember a loved one in any way that gives you the most comfort. Explore what death teaches us in The Last Time I Saw You Alive.

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• Titolo: The Last Time I Saw You Alive : Lessons from Last Moments with Family and Friends
• Editore: Iuniverse
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1462057896
• ISBN 13: 9781462057894
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 235 L x 157 A x 9 P (millimetri) 235 millimetri di larghezza per 157 millimetri di altezza per 9 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 280 grammi

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Riassunto

Do you remember the last time you saw a certain family member or special friend alive? It might not be an experience you want to relive, but it can tell you some important things about yourself and others. Author Renwick Jones does remember. He first encountered death when his paternal grandfather passed away. It then struck someone much closer to him-his brother, who died of sickle cell anemia. As the years passed, more loved ones died, and Jones also had to fight some serious health challenges of his own. In this powerful memoir, he explores a wide range of internal battles as well as outside factors that affect everyone, including the role that hospitals play when someone becomes ill, the duties of funeral directors when death strikes, the special perspectives of chaplains, and the functions that cemeteries serve when someone dies. Though death means absence, it gives you the ability to remember a loved one in any way that gives you the most comfort. Explore what death teaches us in The Last Time I Saw You Alive.

L'autore

Renwick Orlando Jones, a native of Gadsden, Alabama, earned a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from Alabama State University and a master's degree from Auburn University. He formerly worked at several radio and television stations before starting a career in higher education. He is the vice president of alumni affairs at Stillman College, and he lives in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.