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In the Midst of Life is a moving, evocatively described narrative of the patients and caregivers Charles Rose encountered as a hospice volunteer. It is also a perceptive account of his own journey into the world of the dying-a journey that in the end brings him, and us, more deeply and compassionately into the transitory world of our own lives.
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"In The Midst of Life is a moving, evocatively-described narrative of the patients and care-givers Charles Rose encountered as a Hospice volunteer. It is also a perceptive and moving account of his own journey into the world of the dying-a journey that in the end brings him, and us, more deeply and compassionately into the transitory world of our own lives."
Judy Troy, author of From the Black Hills
"Where does a retired English professor go to find meaning in his later years? Mr. Rose chose to be a hospice volunteer, a journey that took him down the backroads of Lee County, Alabama, into the sometimes gritty home environments of hospice patients. Mr. Rose calls it the 'we of me' - that sense of connecting to some larger network of human existence. His memoir captures the patient's and caregi
Amanda Graves, social worker for Capital Hospice, formerly Hospice of Northern Virginia
"Charlie Rose's writing is like a still, deep pond. The surface is as smooth and simple as glass, but beneath is the deep water of perception, insight, and skill. To write of and in the moment as Charlie does*directly and with simplicity*paradoxically requires the greatest art. In the Midst of Life, so clearly the product of a writer's mind, testifies abundantly to Charlie Rose's art."
Jay Lamar, First Draft