{"product_id":"9781460749999_were-all-going-to-die","title":"We're All Going to Die","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eA joyful book about the necessity of celebrating life in the face of death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c!--?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" \/--\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Calibri\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003eThe one certainty about life is that everybody is going to die. Yet somehow as a society we have come to deny this central fact – we ignore it, hoping it will go away. Ours is an aging society, where we are all living longer, healthier lives, yet we find ourselves less and less prepared for our inevitable end. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003eLeah Kaminsky is an award-winning writer and GP, who is confronted by death and mortality on a daily basis. She shares - and challenges - our fears of death and dying. But she also takes joy in people whose response to their imminent death is to choose, instead, to consciously embrace life. Like 90 year old Julia, a great-great-grandmother, officially an LOL in Leah's medical terminology (little old lady), who wants to compete in the Senior Olympics. Or a dying friend, who throws himself a 'pre-funeral' gig, to say goodbye to everyone he loves. As Leah says in this uplifting book,  'If we truly open ourselves up to the experiences of those directly confronted with their own mortality, maybe we will overcome our own tunnel vision and decide to live our lives more fully.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003eWE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE is an engaging, compassionate and compelling book about death - or more specifically, about how, by facing and accepting our coming death, we can all learn to live in a more vital, fearless and truthful way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003e'This wonderful and thoughtful book ... crackles with energy, insight and imagery' \u003cem\u003eWeekend Australian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Leah Kaminsky takes death by the scruff of the neck and gives it a good shake, with often joyous consequences' \u003cem\u003eCourier Mail\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Wise, illuminating and possibly life-changing' Graeme Simsion, author \u003cem\u003eThe Rosie Project\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Engaging ... brave ... A very useful book for anyone who plans to die' \u003cem\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A beautiful, brave, inspiring work.  Required reading for anyone who plans to die.'  Mary Roach, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eStiff\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Everyone dies, and so I highly recommend Leah Kaminsky's sensitive and at times irreverent book about death to everyone.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSandeep Jauhar, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eDoctored\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIntern\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003e'Kaminsky approaches her subject as a truth-seeker must: with courage, a keen gaze and an open mind. She's a natural storyteller, a humanist through and through, and her insights into the lives and deaths of those she writes about - patients, family and friends - are tender and deeply thoughtful. Elegantly conceived and beautifully written, \u003cem\u003eWe're All Going To Die\u003c\/em\u003e affirms our imperfect lives and wisely exhorts us to live each day as if it were our last.' Jacinta Halloran, author, \u003cem\u003ePilgramage \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leah Kaminsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46905600934037,"sku":"9781460749999","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781460749999.jpg?v=1776890108","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781460749999_were-all-going-to-die","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}