A Good Death - 9780692467824

John Noonan died suddenly in 2007. It seems fitting that he did not have to suffer from a long illness after having cared for his partner, Christopher Clements, through his six-year battle with AIDS. It had been eight years since Chris's death, but Chris and "the good death" were never far from John's thoughts. Beyond a witty recollection of tender care-giving and negotiating the health care system, John's memoir reveals a unique perspective on life and love. When John and Chris exchanged rings in a private ceremony on Martha's Vineyard, they didn't suspect their life together would become a series of hospital visits - never knowing whether to expect a heartless receptionist or an empathetic doctor, a ceaseless giving and taking of medications with unexpected side effects, including a roof top suicide attempt, and ultimately end, as it began, in their own extraordinary way.

• | Author: John Noonan
• | Publisher: Buffalo Arts Publishing
• | Publication Date: Oct 06, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 126 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0692467823
• | ISBN-13: 9780692467824