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Radical Acts of Love

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A profoundly moving account of an oncology nurse's conversations with the dying
  • 20 April 2021
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'Insightful, wise and life-affirming' Observer
'Turns death into life, despair into hope, sorrow into joy' Stephen Fry

In Radical Acts of Love, Janie Brown, oncology nurse and counsellor, offers a sensitive and wise insight into our final moments by recounting twenty conversations she has had with people who were dying.

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Price: $17.00
Pages: 304
Publisher: Canongate Books
Imprint: Canongate Books
Publication Date: 20 April 2021
Trim Size: 7.80 X 5.08 in
ISBN: 9781786899033
Format: Paperback
BISACs: SELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Memoirs, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Cancer, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Coping with death & bereavement
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There is no one on earth who cannot benefit from reading this book. The insights, perspectives and wisdom in Radical Acts of Love can transform our approach to the end of life from fear to a sense of adventure

Janie Brown was born in Epsom, England, and raised in Scotland from the age of four. She has a Masters in Psychology at St Andrews University, and a Masters in Nursing at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. She has worked for more than thirty years as an oncology nurse and counsellor, and in 1995 founded the Callanish Society, a grassroots non-profit organisation for people living with, and dying from, cancer, based in Vancouver (callanish.org). She presents nationally and internationally, has published in professional journals and writes a widely read blog.

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