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Dying a memoir

At the age of sixty, Cory Taylor is dying of melanoma-related brain cancer. Her illness is no longer treatable: she now weighs less than her neighbor's retriever. As her body weakens, she describes the experience--the vulnerability and strength, the courage and humility, the anger and acceptanc...

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Main Author: Taylor, Cory, 1955-2016 (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Portland, Oregon : Tin House Books, 2017.
Edition: First US edition.
Subjects:
Taylor, Cory, > 1955-2016.
Death > Psychological aspects.
Terminally ill > Australia > Biography.
Authors, Australian > Biography.
Biographies.
Summary: At the age of sixty, Cory Taylor is dying of melanoma-related brain cancer. Her illness is no longer treatable: she now weighs less than her neighbor's retriever. As her body weakens, she describes the experience--the vulnerability and strength, the courage and humility, the anger and acceptance--of knowing she will soon die. Written in the space of a few weeks, in a tremendous creative surge, this powerful and beautiful memoir is a clear-eyed account of what dying teaches: Taylor describes the tangle of her feelings, remembers the lives and deaths of her parents, and examines why she would like to be able to choose the circumstances of her death. Taylor's last words offer a vocabulary for readers to speak about the most difficult thing any of us will face. And while Dying: A Memoir is a deeply affecting meditation on death, it is also a funny and wise tribute to life. --amazon.com.
Item Description: Originally published: Melbourne, Vic. : Text Publishing Company, 2016.
Physical Description: 141 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN: 1941040705
9781941040706
Author Notes: Cory Taylor grew up in Queensland, Australia and Fiji. Before becoming an author, she was an award-winning screenwriter. Her debut novel, Me and Mr. Booker, was published in 2011 and won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for the Pacific Region. Her second novel, My Beautiful Enemy, was shortlisted for the 2014 Miles Franklin Literary Award. She also wrote children's books including the Bandaged Bear and the Rat Tales series. Her last book, Dying: A Memoir, was published in 2016. She died from melanoma-related cancer on July 5, 2016 at the age of 61.

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