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Home Death

Home Death

February 2012
Trade Paperback · 60 Pages
$18.95 U.S.
ISBN 9781848421950
Nick Hern Books

 

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Description

Inspired by real-life stories, including the playwright's own experience of the death of her partner. A profoundly moving study of palliative care in the UK and how we would like to spend our last days. Dares to ask the questions that many of us ignore, and provides hope for all of us to choose and have a better end.

About the Author

NELL DUNN has written several novels including Up The Junction and Poor Cow (filmed by Ken Loach). She has also written many plays, the best known of which, Steaming, won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy and was made into a film by Joseph Losey starring Vanessa Redgrave and Diana Dors. She lives in London.