{"product_id":"9781772142150","title":"In the Slender Margin : The Intimate Strangeness of Death and Dying by Eve Joseph","description":"Originally 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. Using her 20+ years' 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.  Intimately 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. From the Preface: \"First 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. In 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. COVID-19 has initiated many discussions about mortality. It is my hope that this book can add, in whatever way, to those conversations.\" Praise for In the Slender Margin: \"In 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.\" (Globe and Mail) \"A literate, free-association meditation on the final fact of life.\" (  Kirkus Reviews  ) \"Intricate and beautiful . . . Provides an intimate language for grief and makes death a site of wonder as much as pain. . . . In her careful prose, her encounters with the dead, dying and mourning take on a kind of grace.\" (  National Post  )\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56303065923957,"sku":"9781772142150","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781772142150.jpg?v=1762793628","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781772142150","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}