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HONEST ENDINGS A Social Worker's Life in the World of Hospice. Meet Robbie, a forty-two-year-old man with heart disease Esther, a woman her late fifties with metastatic breast cancer and Matt and Janet, a very loving couple facing his extremely painful illness. All the people you will meet here are the dying patients of a caring, attentive hospice social worker, Katherine Cullen. Watching one die is not easy. It is very difficult.The good news is this: attending a death is a very special form of intimacy, an enormous act of love and caring. Enter into the World of Hospice: mysterious and challenging. Experience moving stories of patients and families going through this difficult yet touching process. Join Katherine while she shares her journey honestly and openly as she learns to counsel the dying and their families. A Memoir for the current times. Katherine faces her anxieties about death with courage, never shortchanging those who depend on her for strength, support, and emotional comfort. This challenging time in her life leads her on a spiritual journey, finding comfort and peace at long last.You will find it an easy and interesting book, touching and helpful. This is a quick read full of heartwarming stories. The book can lead the reader to have very important conversations with loved ones, clients and coworkers. It is a helpful book for professionals and the public alike, given its honest and open report of one social worker's daily life in the field of hospice. Read more