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The Last Goodnights: Assisting My Parents with Their Suicides

by John West

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John West has a significant story to tell: He helped his parents die. His father, Jolly, was suffering from an aggressive, incurable cancer; his mother, K, whose suicide occurred some months later, was physically debilitated and facing the terrors of Alzheimer's disease.

The suicide scenes in this memoir are filled with West's anxieties: He wonders if the pills will work, if Jolly... Washington Post Book Review (read the entire Washington Post review)

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A husband and wife, both medical professionals, are gravely ill. Rather than living in pain, they choose to end their lives, and they turn to their son for help. Despite the legal risks and certain emotional turmoil, he agreesand ultimately performs an act of love more difficult than any other.

The Last Goodnights provides a unique, powerful, and unflinching look inside the reality of one of the most galvanizing issues of our time: assisted suicide. Told with intensity and bare honesty, John Wests account of the deaths of two brave people is gritty and loving, frightening and illuminating, nerve-wracking and even, at times, darkly humorous. As Wests story places him in one of the most difficult experiences anyone can endure, it also offers a powerful testament to the act of death by choice, and reveals the reasons why end-of-life issues are far too personal for government intrusion.

Intimately told, The Last Goodnights points out the unnecessary pain and suffering that is often forced upon dying people and their families, and honors the choice to die with purpose and dignity. In the end, this story is not just about deathit is also about love, courage, and autonomy.

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"The Last Goodnights" provides a unique, powerful, and unflinching look deep inside the reality of one of the most galvanizing issues of our time: assisted suicide. In the end, this work is not just about death--it is also about love, courage, and autonomy.
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ISBN:
9781582434483
Subtitle:
Assisting My Parents with Their Suicides
Author:
West, John
Publisher:
Counterpoint LLC
Subject:
BIO026000
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
Death
Subject:
Parents
Subject:
Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Subject:
Death, Grief, Bereavement
Subject:
Suicide
Subject:
Assisted suicide
Subject:
Parents -- Death.
Edition Description:
Trade Cloth
Publication Date:
February 2009
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
254
Dimensions:
9.20x6.30x1.30 in. 1.15 lbs.
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