Happy publication day to Anna Lyons and Louise Winter and their fascinating book, We All Know How This Ends: Lessons about life and living from working with death and dying.
End-of-life doula Anna Lyons and funeral director Louise Winter have joined forces to share a collection of the heartbreaking, surprising and uplifting stories of the ordinary and extraordinary lives they encounter every single day.
From working with the living, the dying, the dead and the grieving, Anna and Louise reveal the lessons they've learned about life, death, love and loss. Together they've created a profound but practical guide to rethinking the one thing that's guaranteed to happen to us all. We are all going to die, and that's ok. Let's talk about it.
This is a book about life and living, as much as it's a book about death and dying. It's a reflection on the beauties, blessings and tragedies of life, the exquisite agony and ecstasy of being alive, and the fragility of everything we hold dear. It's as simple and as complicated as that.
Reviews for the book so far:
We don't have to think about death and dying all the time but when we want to - or are forced to - how wonderful to have a manual to sustain and guide us through it all ― Sarah Brown
This book is one of the most important I've ever read. I couldn't put it down ― Clemmie Telford
A truly compelling read that proves why it is so desperately important that we speak openly about death; of others' and the prospect of our own ― Elle Wright
Kindness, wisdom, and sensible advice for grappling with our common fate ― Caitlin Doughty
Anna Lyons and Louise Winter are no strangers to death. Between them, they have years of experience working closely with the dying and the bereaved. In their book Life. Death Whatever. Lyons and Winter blend practical information with compassionate advice which at times is less about dying and more about living. Full of real-world advice and hard-won insight, this is an honest, touching, and essential guide for each and every one of us for whom 'death is the future' ― Lindsey Fitzharris, bestselling author of The Butchering Art
