Absolutely Delicious
Alison Jean Lester
After a life marbled with exploration, academia, and domesticity, the writer Valerie Lester retired to a residential hospice and set about enjoying the final act of her life.
Yes. Enjoying.
She knew just where she wanted to be, with whom, doing what, and she communicated this to her family and friends with clarity and consistency. She died nine weeks later, having engaged in dying with equanimity, curiosity, and even amusement.
In Absolutely Delicious, Valerie’s daughter describes the roads leading to her mother’s cooperation with her terminal disease and her decision to forego treatments that might have prolonged her life, but also might have ruined her death. It is a story that illuminates the benefits of acceptance and the many gifts offered by daring to own one’s end.
Duration - 3h 36m.
Author - Alison Jean Lester.
Narrator - Alison Jean Lester.
Published Date - Monday, 22 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2020 Alison Jean Lester ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
After a life marbled with exploration, academia, and domesticity, the writer Valerie Lester retired to a residential hospice and set about enjoying the final act of her life. Yes. Enjoying. She knew just where she wanted to be, with whom, doing what, and she communicated this to her family and friends with clarity and consistency. She died nine weeks later, having engaged in dying with equanimity, curiosity, and even amusement. In Absolutely Delicious, Valerie’s daughter describes the roads leading to her mother’s cooperation with her terminal disease and her decision to forego treatments that might have prolonged her life, but also might have ruined her death. It is a story that illuminates the benefits of acceptance and the many gifts offered by daring to own one’s end. Duration - 3h 36m. Author - Alison Jean Lester. Narrator - Alison Jean Lester. Published Date - Monday, 22 January 2024. Copyright - © 2020 Alison Jean Lester ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:11
Preface
Duration:00:03:44
1 - The Woman
Duration:00:19:34
2 - Another Word for It
Duration:00:17:51
3 - Preparation
Duration:00:24:02
4 - The Notebook
Duration:00:09:03
5 - Routine
Duration:00:22:16
6 - Just One Room After Another
Duration:00:32:55
7 - Pond Life
Duration:00:14:37
8 - The Nature of Things
Duration:00:07:25
9 - No Long Faces
Duration:00:16:34
10 - Absolutely Delicious
Duration:00:10:54
11 - This Part Stinks
Duration:00:11:27
12 - Celebration
Duration:00:18:19
14 - If I Could Do It All Again
Duration:00:07:48
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:18