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  • IMPERFECT ENDINGS: A Daughter's Tale of Life and Death. by Carter, Zoe FitzGerald.
    Carter, Zoe FitzGerald.
    IMPERFECT ENDINGS: A Daughter's Tale of Life and Death.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The author's first memoir, which won first place in the 2008 Pacific Northwest Writer's Association's literary contest. "After twenty years of living with terminal illness, Zoes mother decided to end her lifeand asked her three daughters for their assistance. For months, the decision drags on as her mother changes her methods and schedule, and the negotiations stir up old memories, sibling rivalries, and questions about family loyalty." A controversial but warm and sometimes even funny book which deals with the issues at the center of the debate on assisted suicide. SIGNED on the title page. 256 pp. ISBN: 978-1439148242.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 76111
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  • IMPERFECT ENDINGS: A Daughter's Tale of Life and Death. by Carter, Zoe FitzGerald.
    Carter, Zoe FitzGerald.
    IMPERFECT ENDINGS: A Daughter's Tale of Life and Death.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The author's first memoir, which won first place in the 2008 Pacific Northwest Writer's Association's literary contest. "After twenty years of living with terminal illness, Zoes mother decided to end her lifeand asked her three daughters for their assistance. For months, the decision drags on as her mother changes her methods and schedule, and the negotiations stir up old memories, sibling rivalries, and questions about family loyalty." A controversial but warm and sometimes even funny book which deals with the issues at the center of the debate on assisted suicide. INSCRIBED on the title page. 256 pp. ISBN: 978-1439148242.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 91568
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  • IN THE NAME OF MERCY. by Delbanco, Nicholas.
    Delbanco, Nicholas.
    IN THE NAME OF MERCY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Warner, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - A medical thriller - It began with assisting his cancer-stricken wife to commit suicide, but when Dr. Peter Julius takes charge of a hospice, several unexplained deaths lead to questions about his - and others' - motives. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-446517119.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 91940
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  • THE BETRAYAL OF TRUST: A Simon Serailler Mystery. by Hill, Susan.
    Hill, Susan.
    THE BETRAYAL OF TRUST: A Simon Serailler Mystery.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Overlook Press, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth novel in this highly praised series of complex psychological thrillers, set in a small cathedral town and featuring British police detective, Simon Serrailler. In addition to re-opening the cold case of a teenager who had been missing for the past sixteen years, when flooding washed away an embarkment and revealed her bones, this deals thoughtfully with many other topics: end of life care, assisted suicide, dementia and Parkinson's (Simon is the exception in a family of doctors.) Ruth Rendell commented that "not all great novelists can write crime fiction, but when one like Susan Hill does it, the result is stunning." 355 pp. ISBN: 978-1590202807.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (toning to edges of textblock)

    Book ID: 89909
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