Last Writes A Daybook for a Dying Friend |
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| Author:
| Richardson, Laurel |
| Series title: | Writing Lives Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59874-187-2 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2007 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Rich in memory, emotion, dreams, and life-and-death decisions, the daybook chronicles the ups and down of a terminally ill woman and the impact that illness has on friends, colleagues, and family alike. Richardson also grapples with the ethics of writing deeply personal narratives. Part memoir, part sociological analysis, part eulogy to a departed friend, Richardson opens a poignant window into living an academic life, and ending it.
Rich in memory, emotion, dreams, and life-and-death decisions, the daybook chronicles the ups and down of a terminally ill woman and the impact that illness has on friends, colleagues, and family alike. Richardson also grapples with the ethics of writing deeply personal narratives. Part memoir, part sociological analysis, part eulogy to a departed friend, Richardson opens a poignant window into living an academic life, and ending it.