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We have five Wednesdays in July, so I'm moving our reading club discussion for July back one week to the 29th. It'll give newbies more time to ready. (and me too!) It's been a busy month here with lifing, so let's take advantage of the LONG month to give ourselves more time to read this one.
Thanks all! Same time. Same place. but on the 29th instead of 22nd! See you then.
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Our next book is: Can Anyone Tell Me? Essential Questions about Grief and Loss - Meghan Riordan Jarvis; 2024
We're sticking with grief again this month. From the website of the author:
"Grievers & those trying to support them ask the same questions over and over because fundamental grief education has yet to permeate mainstream culture. 'Can Anyone Tell Me?' offers hopeful lessons on loss informed by rigorous neuroscience and biophysical science, but communicated to readers in manageable, understandable bites and profound real-world stories."
We'll discuss it together if you want to join me in the office or online on Wise Words Wednesday, July 29 @ 6:30. In the meantime, if you want to share thoughts or observations here, please do so (or in the channel for the book).
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The Beauty of What Remains - Steve Leder: Grief and loss
Because I Knew You - Dr. Robert C. Macauley: memoir of pediatric doctor about children with terminal illness
Before I Lose My Own Mind - Dr. Beverly Thorn - navigating life as a dementia caregiver
A Beginner's Guide to the End - BJ Miller & Shoshana Berger - practical guide for end of life and dying
Being Mortal - Atul Gawande: This was one of the first books I read when I started exploring death work. I lead a book club reading of it a couple of years ago. It is a look at our current health care system and aging, death and dying. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!
Being With the Dying - Joan Halifax: Death and dying
The Best Care Possible - Dr. Ira Byock - a doctor's quest to transform care through end of life
A Better Place: A Memoir of Peace in the Face of Tragedy - Pati Navalta Poblete: Grief after violent death
Beyond Policing - Philip V. McHarris: community activism - justice
Black Widow - Leslie Gray Streeter: "A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like 'Journey' in the Title"
The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk: how trauma physically reshapes the body and mind
Book of Longing -Leonard Cohen: poetry and drawings of Zen buddhist musician Leonard Cohen
Breath Taking - Jessica Fein: Memoir; death and grief
Briefly Perfectly Human - Alua Arthur: Arthur is a well-known death doula; compassionate, soulful examination of how acknowledging death enriches our lives
The Bright Hour - Nina Riggs: memoir of living and dying
