Knocking on Heaven's Door : The Path to a Better Way of Death (Hardcover)

from jhoaglin

This memoir is an intensely personal recounting by Katy Butler of the deaths of both her parents, which she then makes universal and political. One of the most poignant statements for me was when Ms. Butler realized that the medical interventions that were prolonging her father's life, even as hi...

from mmignano11

How to describe a book that had such a profound effect on me! [Knocking On Heaven's Door] was a difficult book to read, only because its subject matter is death. The death of a loved one, a family member, and ultimately, one's own death. But the author, Katy Butler, as she talks about the deaths ...

from nyiper

A wonderfully revealing look at how we (all, at some point) die, through Butler's experiences with the deaths of her parents. Butler has an exhaustive list of things to consider---again, from her own incredible experiences. There is no such thing as "perfection" in any of this---you do the best y...

from jhoaglin

This memoir is an intensely personal recounting by Katy Butler of the deaths of both her parents, which she then makes universal and political. One of the most poignant statements for me was when Ms. Butler realized that the medical interventions that were prolonging her father's life, even as hi...

from jhoaglin

This memoir is an intensely personal recounting by Katy Butler of the deaths of both her parents, which she then makes universal and political. One of the most poignant statements for me was when Ms. Butler realized that the medical interventions that were prolonging her father's life, even as hi...