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A review by tomstbr
With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial by Kathryn Mannix
5.0
Best book I've read in ages.
This is an incredible book that will truly affect you. I found myself on the train running the full gamut of emotions: from being close to tears to laughing at an anecdote to genuinely feeling unsettled. And all because Kathryn Mannix forces you to look death up close and personal. But this isn’t just a collection of her stories as a palliative carer. It’s also a meditation on death and everything that comes with it. She groups her stories into themes such as Patterns and Legacy and explores each like a surgeon finding the core of a cancer. Plus, she’s just a fantastic, almost poetic writer.
This is an incredible book that will truly affect you. I found myself on the train running the full gamut of emotions: from being close to tears to laughing at an anecdote to genuinely feeling unsettled. And all because Kathryn Mannix forces you to look death up close and personal. But this isn’t just a collection of her stories as a palliative carer. It’s also a meditation on death and everything that comes with it. She groups her stories into themes such as Patterns and Legacy and explores each like a surgeon finding the core of a cancer. Plus, she’s just a fantastic, almost poetic writer.