{"product_id":"in-the-slender-margin-the-intimate-strangeness-of-death-and-dying-9781772142150","title":"In the Slender Margin: The Intimate Strangeness of Death and Dying","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eIn the Slender Margin is a 2014 book that explores death and dying through the experiences of a palliative care counselor in a hospice. It received praise for its respectful sensitivity and intelligent open-endedness, offering an exploration of death's reality and mystery. The author hopes the book can add to discussions about mortality initiated by COVID-19. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 31 May 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Anvil Press Publishers Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 2014, In the Slender Margin was enthusiastically received and applauded for its respectful sensitivity in dealing with a subject that is still, to many, an avoidable topic of conversation: death and dying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing her 20+ years of experience working as a palliative care counsellor in a hospice as a springboard for exploration, Joseph probes our collective knowledge of that final life experience that we all must face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntimately personal and wise, this award-winning poet gives us a deep and profound musing, a wise and lyrical meditation on the slender margin, that mysterious slip of geography between life and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Preface:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 2014, In the Slender Margin was\/still is, a meditation of sorts on death and dying. It did not prescribe then, nor does it now, ways to move through grief in order to find closure. I wrote the book as a way of understanding what I had seen in my years as a hospice counsellor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the process of writing and thinking about death from many different angles, I found the brother I had lost many years ago and, fifty years after his death, was able finally to mourn and hold him close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOVID-19 has initiated many discussions about mortality. It is my hope that this book can add, in whatever way, to those conversations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for In the Slender Margin:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Slender Margin is intended as an exploration rather than a balm or solace, though it will no doubt be those things for some people. Its resonance comes, rather, from its intelligent open-endedness, its unflinching, simultaneous embrace of death's reality and persistent mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA literate, free-association meditation on the final fact of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e (Kirkus Reviews)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntricate and beautiful . . . Provides an intimate language for grief and makes death less of a taboo subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781772142150\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shulph Ink","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44663619813626,"sku":"9781772142150","price":13.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1697797144876_book.jpg?v=1697873810","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/in-the-slender-margin-the-intimate-strangeness-of-death-and-dying-9781772142150","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}