About The Book.
Beside You: Supporting Your Dying Loved One is an essential guidebook for those experiencing loss. It provides pertinent information and support to friends and family who are anticipating or involved in the death of somebody they love. Original poems showcased throughout, capture emotions experienced by those on this journey and underscore the universality of the human experience. They put into words emotions and thoughts that many find impossible to express. This book is more than a manual…it’s a companion for those committed to being beside their loved ones through the last of life’s adventures. Beside You: Supporting Your Dying Loved One is a one-of-a-kind resource described as, “profound” and “exceptional.”
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My Story
Kerry Arquette is an end-of-life midwife and therapist specializing in trauma and grief. Arquette is a popular speaker and the author of more than a dozen books. Her works have won both the Colorado Book Award and Southwest Writers’ Book Award, have appeared in Chicken Soup for the Writer’s Soul and numerous national magazines. She is also a trained and vetted End-of-Life-Midwife, working with the dying and their families to experience the best death possible, and is the co-founder of the Colorado End-of-Life Collaborative. She resides in Denver, Colorado.