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  • How to Live with the End in Mind
  • By: Wendy Mitchell
  • Narrated by: Wendy Mitchell
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The last book from bestselling author and advocate Wendy Mitchell

Wendy Mitchell doesn’t fear anything anymore. After her diagnosis of young-onset dementia in 2014, all of Wendy's old fears - the dark, animals - melted away. What more was there to be afraid of when she faced her worst fear: losing her own mind?

While living with her diagnosis and facing the extreme changes that come along with a progressive terminal illness, Wendy wrote two Sunday Times-bestselling books, went skydiving for the first time and supports multiple dementia advocacy groups in the UK. She is known for talking about living with dementia, but now – while she is still able to – she explores dying with it.

In One Last Thing, Wendy embarks on a journey to explore all angles of death: how we can prepare for it, how we talk about it with our loved ones and how we can be empowered to make our own choices. With conversations on the topic of assisted dying, from those who are fighting to make it legal to those vehemently opposed to its practice, Wendy reminds us that to get on with the business of living, we need to talk about death.
©2023 Wendy Mitchell (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Biographies & Memoirs Death & Dying Grief & Loss
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Very compelling . . . A really thoughtful and thorough exploration of end-of-life concerns – shared, I know, by many people with dementia diagnoses and their families. Strong and clear about your own values, you recognise and support others' choices too. (Professor Celia Kizinger)
One Last Thing is wonderful .... [Wendy,] thank you for writing it, thank you for listening to so many voices and for unpicking the threads to find the details that you needed to know. Thank you for thinking aloud, for 'showing your working out,' so others can follow you along the winding road into the future . . . your book will give hope and courage to many people, because as we both know when we speak about dying we always find ourselves reflecting on living. This beautiful book is an uplifting and courageous read, and I am incredibly proud to know you. (Kathryn Mannix)
As wise and wonderful as you might imagine, having the vital conversation about death – hers & ours, in her final book. Don't duck this one: you will be glad you joined her. (Professor Tom Shakespeare)

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Honest and such a help

Wendy is amazing and I am saddened to learn she is no more…. except she is… she is in the hearts of all those she has helped by sharing her story and in the reach of her activism. They will live on and be her legacy. I have learned from Wendy and am grateful to her. ❤️
For anyone living with dementia and anyone who loves someone living with dementia this book (and the two previous instalments) show that there can be a good and meaningful life still to be lived while also acknowledging that the world has a long way to go to help those on the journey.

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