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| A Very Easy Death (Twentieth Century Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Simone De Beauvoir
Creators: Patrick O'brian, P. O'brien
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £5.99
Buy Used: £0.49
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 750717
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5 x 0.2
ISBN: 0140183272
EAN: 9780140183276
ASIN: 0140183272
Publication Date: February 22, 1990
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Ex-library. Well-read but perfectly useable.
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 Poignant Twentieth century account of a mother's death February 5, 2007
De Beauvoir describes in detail the last few months of her mother's death which is illuminating for anyone interested in palliative care. De Beauvoir describes the conflicting feelings that she has for example - wanting her mother to stay alive and also wanting her to have a peaceful end. The conflict that one feels as offspring knowing that this is actually part of life. Above all, the feelings of guilt are apparent, in particular that the De Beavoir sisters felt they were conniving behind their mother's back - that they knew death was coming and didn't tell her. De Beauvoir touches on philosophy within the book at the end when she argues that death is not natural, as it never feels natural to the individual going through it. 'You die from something'.
An eloquent and realistic documentary on the topic of death. September 1, 1999
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book was recommended to me after I lost my mother to cancer. The writer, also an adult who lost her mother to cancer, very eloquently describes her conflicts in feelings as her mother's life slips away. These feelings are no doubt those experienced by many adult daughters. This is a must-read for anyone wishing to more fully understand the special feelings between a dying mother and her adult daughters.
 An eye-opening experience of losing a mother to cancer April 5, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
DeBeauvoir writes so that each word holds as much importance as each drip of life-sustaining solution pulsing into her mother's withering limbs. A Very Easy Death leads readers through the changing labyrinth of emotions surrounding the graphically-described death of the author's mother while undergoing care in Paris. On eloquent display is DeBeauvoir's heartache, anger, and confusion regarding the painful treatment of her cancer-ridden mother by two unrelenting doctors. Readers become DeBeauvoir's confidants, as through her torment she reveals her questioning of religion and the human body,as well as society and class issues. An expressive tale that challenges and explores cultural perspectives on death and dying.
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