TO LIVE UNTIL WE SAY GOOD BYE

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Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, whose books on death and dying have sold in the millions, now offers an extraordinary visual record of her work. Through the brilliant photographs of Mal Warshaw, To Live Until We Say Good-Bye gives a gripping, intimate view of Dr. Kübler-Ross's counseling work with terminally ill patients as she brings them to an acceptance of death.

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Scribner |
160 pages |
ISBN 9781451664478 |
August 2011

$14.99 List Price

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“Chicago Tribune A celebration of living. ”

“The Washington Post A compassionate...important contribution. ”

“Cincinnati Enquirer Personalizes Kübler-Ross's earlier works, introduces us to four of her patients...and explains, more eloquently than ever before, her philosophy of living and dying ”

“Los Angeles Times Something in the stories of Beth, Jamie, Louise, and Jack, coupled with sensitive yet riveting images of Mal Warshaw, makes To Live Until We Say Good-Bye approach inspiration. ”

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Chapter 1

Beth

Beth, the first of our friends in this book, was a most remarkable and beautiful woman -- both in terms of her outward appearance and her inner sensibilities. She was 42 years old when we met her and had been full of cancer for a couple of years. Pictures of a few years earlier revealed an outstandingly handsome woman, who had been a model in New York.

Her appearance was impeccable, and therefore, the cancer was a devastating intrusion, not only because of its ultimate fatal outcome, but because of the effect it had on the looks of a pretty young woman for whom appearance was of the...