A review by xangemthelibrarian
The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments by Hadley Vlahos

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4.5

This was absolutely beautiful. I wish Hadley could have helped my dad when he was in hospice. For those of you who have lived through watching your loved ones deteriorate until they are gone, this book might hurt. The very first story Hadley tells broke me. It was the *first story.* 

The remaining stories left me emotional in some way or another, but really understanding what this book was going to be hit me at the end of Glenda's story. I know I picked this book up knowing it was about death and hospice, but knowing didn't stop how much that first story hurt. 

I never once thought I needed to put this book down though because Hadley did such a wonderful job writing something so beautiful. We all have questions about death and what's beyond. We won't ever know if there is something or not until we experience it ourselves. But as Hadley said herself: it isn't really what you believe that matters so much in the end, it's how you chose to live and whether you are able to make peace with the choices you made up to that point.
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