Acquainted With The Night

Plot

Death is the one event that affects us all, yet our culture does not equip us to deal with it. The traditional supports that used to cradle us in times of need are no longer there. Now perhaps more than ever we need to look squarely at the old grim reaper, the skeleton in the cupboard - for only then can we free ourselves to be fully alive. This book shows us that death is not the enemy, that it is possible to "be there" for someone who is dying or bereaved, to grieve well in the face of death and when the time comes, to die ourselves