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Dying : a memoir / Cory Taylor.

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At the age of sixty, Cory Taylor is dying of melanoma-related brain cancer. Her illness is no longer treatable: she now weighs less than her neighbor's retriever. As her body weakens, she describes the experience;the vulnerability and strength, the courage and humility, the anger and acceptance;of knowing she will soon die. Written in the space of a few weeks, in a tremendous creative surge, this powerful and beautiful memoir is a clear-eyed account of what dying teaches: Taylor describes the tangle of her feelings, remembers the lives and deaths of her parents, and examines why she would like to be able to choose the circumstances of her death. Taylor's last words offer a vocabulary for readers to speak about the most difficult thing any of us will face. And while Dying: A Memoir is a deeply affecting meditation on death, it is also a funny and wise tribute to life. --amazon.com.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1941040705
  • ISBN: 9781941040706
  • Physical Description: 141 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First US edition.
  • Publisher: Portland, Oregon : Tin House Books, 2017.
Subject: Taylor, Cory, 1955-2016.
Death > Psychological aspects.
Terminally ill > Australia > Biography.

Available copies

  • 7 of 7 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Trails Regional.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Trails Regional-Technical Services.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Adair County Public Library A B Taylor (Text) 34029002349586 Biography Available -
Cape Girardeau Public Library TAY (Text) 33042004484815 Adult Biography Available -
Jefferson County Library-Windsor BIO TAYLOR (Text) 30065010089248 Biography Available -
Scenic Regional-Sullivan 128.5 TAY (Text) 3006276632 NonFiction Available -
Scenic Regional-Wright City 128.5 TAY (Text) 3006236131 NonFiction Available -
St. Joseph - Downtown Library B TAYLOR TAY (Text) 32002004335681 Adult Biography Available -
Washington Public Library B TAY (Text) 3150988195 Biography Available -

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