By Anna Lyons & Louise Winter, who have co-written a book about death & dying, life & living
We’re Anna Lyons, an end-of-life doula, and Louise Winter, a funeral director. We joined forces several years ago to find a way to get everyone talking about death, dying, life, living, illness, funerals and grief. In our first book, We All Know How This Ends, we’ve written about what we can all do to make our lives and the lives of those around us easier and better, right up until the very end.
You might be curious. You might have questions about grief or funerals. You might have been wanting to think about and discuss this subject for a while but haven’t found a way. You might have got married and just made a decision to discuss the future. You might be facing the end of your life. Perhaps someone significant to you has just died. Whatever it is, there’s a section for you. This book is for everyone.
Our experiences have shown us that death is a normal part of life and dying is part of living. Acknowledging and accepting that one day we will die is fundamental to living a full life. This book isn’t a lament on the loss of life, because we believe that death and dying don’t have to be gloomy or taboo subjects; they can be life-affirming and life-enhancing.
The book is full of stories, conversations, insights and observations about how we deal with the fact that we’re all going to die. We’ll talk openly and honestly about dying, death, living, life, illness, funerals and grief. It might be an emotional journey but we hope you’ll stay with us for the ride.
In the book, the word death appears 568 times. The word life appears 641 times. So although we’ve written a book about death, it’s actually a book about life.
P.S We’d love to know what you think of the book. When you’ve read it, please do let us know!
We All Know How This Ends will be released on 18th March 2021 by Bloomsbury (Green Tree).
About Anna Lyons & Louise Winter
Anna Lyons is an end-of-life doula. She supports people who are living with life-limiting illness, their family and friends. Her aim is to help people to live as good a life as possible right up until the very end. Louise Winter is a funeral director. Her mission is to get people to rethink funerals. She believes that a good funeral can be transformational in helping us to acknowledge and accept that someone has died.
Together they’re the team behind Life. Death. Whatever. and co-authors of the book, We All Know How This Ends. Their award-winning work, both together and separately, has been featured in publications around the world from the Guardian to Grazia.
You can follow them on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
