{"product_id":"good-life-good-death-derek-humphry-9781631440663","title":"Good Life, Good Death: The Memoir of a Right to Die Pioneer","description":"For nearly four decades, Derek Humphry has blazed a trail for the right to die movement. He founded the Hemlock Society, pioneered Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, and wrote the bestselling books \u003ci\u003eFinal Exit\u003c\/i\u003e (more than one million copies sold, and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller for eighteen weeks) and \u003ci\u003eJean's Way\u003c\/i\u003e (UK bestseller). But before his wife's terminal illness ravaged his life, Humphry was a successful journalist. In \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGood Life, Good Death\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, readers will learn how the twists and turns of fate led him to his life's purpose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his poignant memoir, Derek tells of his broken family, his wartime experiences as a boy in England, and rising to the highest rungs of journalism on two continents. In 1975, he lived with crippling fear and sadness when his beloved wife, Jean, was diagnosed with cancer. As the disease gradually spread, they both decided that rather than let a terminal illness run its course through extreme physical and emotional pain, Jean would end her own life on her own terms, at an agreed upon time and manner, arranging her own last days. Readers will witness the personal pain and emotional distress they endured, as well as the legal repercussions Derek faced following her death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Humphry writes, \"It would be far more preferable to legalize medically assisted suicide for terminally ill adults, for it is a tremendous strain and risk put on families.\" To know why he has maintained this struggle for choice in dying, against powerful religious and political forces it is necessary to understand the whole man. In \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGood Life, Good Death\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, readers will appreciate the fight he has gone through so that others might consider the option of dying with dignity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derek Humphry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1631440667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631440663\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Carrel Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.20d","brand":"Derek Humphry","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47305347596543,"sku":"9781631440663","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8376e8bc-5edc-48c6-ae41-4bdcef6e0dea.jpg?v=1758830638","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/good-life-good-death-derek-humphry-9781631440663","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}