Die Smiling A Memoir. The Sorrows and Joys of a Journey to Dignitas

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  • Engels
  • Paperback
  • 9781914487262
  • 15 februari 2024
  • 366 pagina's
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Julie Casson traces her husband Nigel’s extraordinary journey from diagnosis of motor neurone disease to his successful death at Dignitas in Zurich. A rare and intimate account of one man’s ultimate triumph over suffering.

Die Smiling is about one man’s triumph over disease.

Following a multitude of tests, Nigel Casson, a successful businessman and father of three, is diagnosed with motor neurone disease. Nigel accepts the earth-shattering prognosis with immense bravery and Julie traces her husband’s journey, from diagnosis to his death at Dignitas in Zurich, ten years later. Nigel battles the degenerative disease with boundless courage and prepares for each debilitating disability with gritty good humour, until, faced with the unimaginable torture of a slow, living death – his spirit crushed, his body a tomb – he takes control. He decides to go to Dignitas to end his life, while he is still able to die smiling. The family carry out preparations for this enormous logistical and emotional challenge: the gruelling Dignitas process, the eight-hundred-mile road trip, and complete it with pragmatism and humour. They succeed in getting Nigel to Switzerland and his determination to deny the disease its victory, ensues. Nigel dies in the arms of his wife and children.

This is an intimate and uplifting portrait of a family coming together to navigate their shattered world. It is a thought-provoking and deeply moving book, where love, happiness and dignity prevail over horror. It sits in the heart of the debate on assisted dying and raises questions about the right to put an end to suffering and the right to choose how life should end.

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Julie Casson
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Haythorp Books

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