Minding our Mortality: Book Club

“Minding our Mortality” [MoM] events by Here to Honor provide opportunities for contemplative thought and conversation—designated time and space for considering our impermanence in ways that tap into our deepest human longings and shape how we face our finitude.

For our next Book Club gathering in April, we will be discussing Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande.

A description of this nonfiction book is excerpted from Bookshop.org below:

Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should.
Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family, Gawande reveals the suffering this dynamic has produced.

Riveting, honest, and humane, "Being Mortal" shows how the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life—all the way to the very end.

Purchasing from Bookshop.org supports local bookstores as well as Here to Honor.

It is recommended that you read this book prior to our meeting at Neighbor on Tuesday evening, April 29th. Beverages and snacks will be provided.

This is a free event, but you will have the option to make a suggested donation of $10 during the registration process—that would help us cover costs and is greatly appreciated!