Beskrivning
Beskrivning
For readers of Being Mortal and When Breath Becomes Air,the acclaimed co-founder of Death over Dinner offers a practical,inspiring guide to life’s most difficult yet important conversation Ofthe many critical conversations we will all have throughout ourlifetime, few are as important as the ones discussing death – and notjust the practical considerations, such as DNRs and wills, but what wefear, what we hope, and how we want to be remembered. Yet few of theseconversations are actually happening. Inspired by his experience withhis own father and countless stories from others who regret not havingthese conversations, Michael Hebb cofounded Death Over Dinner – anorganization that encourages people to pull up a chair, break bread, andreally talk about the one thing we all have in common. Death OverDinner has been one of the most effective end-of-life awarenesscampaigns to date; in just three years, it has provided the frameworkand inspiration for more than a hundred thousand dinners focused onhaving these end-of-life conversations. As Arianna Huffington said, ’Weare such a fast-food culture, I love the idea of making the dinner lastfor hours. These are the conversations that will help us to evolve.’ Let’s Talk About Death (over Dinner)offers keen practical advice on how to have these same conversations -not just at the dinner table, but anywhere. There’s no one right way totalk about death, but Hebb shares time- and dinner-tested prompts to useas conversation starters, ranging from the spiritual to the practical,from analytical to downright funny and surprising. By transforming themost difficult conversations into an opportunity, they becomecelebratory and meaningful – ways that not only can change the way wedie, but the way we live.
