When Evening Comes: The Education of a Hospice Volunteer [Import] [Unbound]

Christine Andreae (Author)

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• Unbound
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press (October 2000)
• ISBN-10: 0312276311
• ISBN-13: 978-0312276317
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Inside View of Dying, October 23, 2000

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Janice Cosby (Chapel Hill, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: When Evening Comes: The Education of a Hospice Volunteer (Hardcover)

This is an excellent book for anyone interested in hospice work. But beyond that, I would recommend it to anyone who is facing the death of someone close to them, or ever will, or anyone who just wants to understand better before facing their own end of life. Christine Andreae, writing about her own experiences as a hospice volunteer, shows us that there are no hard and fast rules about what you should or shouldn't do when helping people face the end of a life. Tears are okay, but so is laughter. Questions are okay, even if no one knows the answer.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When Evening Comes Helps You Cope with the Dying Process, October 17, 2000

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Eve Carr (Fredericksburg, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When Evening Comes: The Education of a Hospice Volunteer (Hardcover)

Sooner or later, we all lose someone very important to us. Reading this book won't make that process easier, but it will help you develop a deeper understand of the process of dying--and how it affects all those who know the dying person differently.

This book provides an extremely personal insight of how, even as a stranger, one can be supportive of someone who is dying. It's a sad story, of course, but one that is rich in uncovering the meaning of life.

It really makes you stop and recognize what's important--and what isn't and remember just how precious and short life really is.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When Evening Comes, September 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: When Evening Comes: The Education of a Hospice Volunteer (Hardcover)

Christine Andreae has done a masterful job of letting us in on the details of life as a hospice worker. We see the mundane routines and the difficult relationships as well as the deep stirrings evoked by connections with souls at a turning point. The book's rhythms keep the reader thoroughly engaged. There is no sugar coating here. There is an abundance of honesty and soul. Anyone involved with death and dying (isn't this all of us?) should read this book