A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death

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By Shoshana Berger and BJ Miller ’93

Published July 16, 2019

In this guide, BJ Miller ’93 and Shoshana Berger detail practical steps for those dying and their loved ones as the end approaches. A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death (Simon & Schuster) offers a compassionate, practical approach for individuals nearing the end to put their affairs in order and focus on living life.

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