Close to the Bone: Life Threatening Illness and the Search for Meaning
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Close to the Bone: Life Threatening Illness and the Search for Meaning

Jean Shinoda Bolen
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The author of the best-selling Goddesses in Every Woman examines the experiences of the seriously ill from both a spiritual and pragmatic viewpoint and discusses how facing mortality can be a life-transforming process. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
Genres: PsychologyNonfictionSelf HelpHealthSpirituality
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