The Smooth River: Finding Inspiration and Exquisite Beauty during Terminal Illness. Lessons from the Front Line. - Couverture souple

Cohen, Richard S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1737503409 ISBN 13 : 9781737503408

Editeur : Smooth River, Inc., 2021

Synopsis

Kirkus Reviews has selected The Smooth River as one of the Best Indie Books of 2021, giving it a coveted Starred Review.

The Smooth River is the remarkable story of how a well-known public relations expert and her husband met her stage 4 pancreatic cancer head-on. With vigor and strength, they deployed all they and medicine had to offer. But, in contrast to narrow conventional approaches, the couple developed a far more expansive view of what strength means in response to a crisis for which there are no medical cures. They called this the Smooth River.

This clear-eyed transcendent perspective was so vital that they wouldn't let anything disrupt it-not cancer's lethal march, not the strongest chemos and their failures to work, not the frequent episodes of severe pain, not how society expected them to think or act, not the process of dying itself.

The Smooth River demonstrates how to treat one's life as bigger -- and far more important -- than any medical condition, any tragedy, any setback of any kind. With effusive warmth, refreshing candor and practical detail, it describes how to personalize Medical and Life Plans that affirm the value of a patient's entire being and guide their loved ones. Its invaluable lessons show how to face life's end -- whenever that might be -- with sanctity and comfort, to view it as an opportunity for personal growth, finding inspiration and intense beauty in the experience -- in life itself. There are lessons in the Smooth River approach for everyone.

The Smooth River amplifies the important messages of Dr. Atul Gawande in Being Mortal, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross in On Death and Dying, Paul Kalanithi in When Breath Becomes Air, and Julie Yip-Williams in The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Trained as a corporate lawyer, Richard arranges mergers and acquisitions for medical technology companies. He is an expert in navigating complex transactions, developing grounded creative solutions, and managing many professionals and personalities during stressful conditions. All of these skills were put to work in finding sanctuary, beauty, humor, and spirituality within cancer's decay. Unencumbered by medical convention but having a deep respect for it and the clinicians who cared for her, Richard has translated his wife's ethos into a creative, personalized, and inspiring approach for dealing with terminal illness.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Smooth River, Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1737503409
• ISBN 13: 9781737503408
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible