An extraordinary book and an immediate bestseller abroad, Intimate Death tells readers how to help those who are dying face the end squarely and with acceptance, bringing back both peace and dignity to death. 224 pp. Author tour. 40,000 print.

Intimate Death: How the dying teach us how to live

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Marie-De-Hennezel

Psychology & Counseling

KNOPF

Intimate Death: How the Dying Teach Us How to Live

A best-seller in France that has been translated into 15 languages. Tells us how to talk to anyone we care about who is dying -- how to help them & ourselves face the end squarely & with acceptance, & how to enrich our lives & bring back both peace & dignity to death. The author is a gifted psychologist who works as part of a team of doctors & nurses in a hospital for the terminally ill in Paris. We watch as she sometimes encourages her patients to release their fears & angers, sometimes providing a calm, comforting presence, or honest answers to difficult questions. We learn how deeply moving it can be to share the final days of a person's life with someone.

Alfred.A. Knopf

The Warmth of the Heart prevents your Body from Rusting - Ageing without growing old.

Rodale - Pan Macmillan

Product DescriptionAn illuminating book that celebrates life and encourages us to make the most of what we haveBook DescriptionIn this remarkable book psychologist Marie de Hennezel draws upon her personal experience of working with the terminally ill in a palliative care unit in Paris. Her encounters with people at the end of their life gives her a unique perspective on what life and death really mean, and her ultimate message, shared through the stories she recounts in this book, is one of celebrating the power and tenacity of the human spirit. She encourages us to embrace moments of joy and the small pleasures of life and to 'seize the day' at every opportunity. From the author of the Top Ten bestseller The Warmth of the Heart Prevents Your Body from Rusting comes this eloquent and inspirational work which will move everyone who reads it. 'Inspirational ... written with compassion and sympathy, the book eschews denial, transforming the unpalatable into something humane' IndependentAbout the AuthorMarie de Hennezel is the author of The Warmth of the Heart Prevents Your Body from Rusting (Pan Macmillan, 2011) and several other books published in her native France. She is a psychologist and a psychotherapist, and is responsible for the mission of palliative care awareness at the French Ministry of Health. She is also the author of two ministerial reports about caring for those with terminal illnesses. She lives in Paris.

Seize the Day: How the Dying Teach Us to Live

Macmillan

The inevitable ageing process does not have to condemn us to solitude, suffering, degradation or dependency. In this eloquent meditation on ageing, Marie de Hennezel guides us through a true art of growing old'. She recalls her encounters as a clinical psychologist with extraordinary people who 'grow old gracefully' and through her experience shows us how to make the most of this time in our lives, to avoid depression and to stay happy. She believes that wherever we grow old and whatever our circumstances, if we can maintain energy in our hearts and believe in the power of joy and human warmth, this can transform us and the way we look at the world. This is a wonderful book with a powerful message that applies to everyone no matter how old they are. A bestseller in the author's native France, critics said: 'Marie de Hennezel explores the secret of eternal youth and provides us with the keys for a happy, free and spirited old age. A must read.' La Croix 'A message of happiness and wisdom for all ages.' Nouvelles Cles 'Marie de Hennezel delivers a wonderful lesson that will inspire anyone who wants to age without becoming old.' Le Figaro Magazine

Warmth of the Heart Prevents Your Body from Rusting: Ageing Without Growing Old

Self-Help

Happiness

Rodale Press

From couples who have long-since given up sex altogether to people who discover new aspects of their sexuality, or even enter a second adolescence in advanced age, this study by a French psychologist draws on extensive interviews and case studies to reveal insights about attitudes to, and experience of, sexual intimacy among older people. Slightly off-mint.

Sex After Sixty: a French guide to loving intimacy

Relationships

Scribe Publications

Sex after Sixty: a French guide to loving intimacy

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ROBERT LAFFONT

La chaleur du coeur empêche nos corps de rouiller (avec CD)

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