Viewing Room
In The Viewing Room, two hospital chaplains console the living during the moments when they look upon their beloved dead for one last time in a large urban hospital in Los Angeles. But this room is also a character, linking stories together and bearing witness in chilling testimony of grief and wisdom. Henrietta and Maurice, the chaplains, are ministers who have lost their faith due to devastating personal tragedy. Still, they regain their hold on their own lives through their work, one death a…
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- Full title :Viewing Room.
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In The Viewing Room, two hospital chaplains console the living during the moments when they look upon their beloved dead for one last time in a large urban hospital in Los Angeles. But this room is also a character, linking stories together and bearing witness in chilling testimony of grief and wisdom. Henrietta and Maurice, the chaplains, are ministers who have lost their faith due to devastating personal tragedy. Still, they regain their hold on their own lives through their work, one death at a time. Jacquelin Gorman lays bare nine parallel worlds of suffering in stories of unflinching det.
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- Publication Date:2013.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Georgia Press
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
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- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1299954758, 9781299954755, 9780820346373, 0820346373, 0820351458, 9780820351452
- oclc:ocn859837426
- LC Classification:PS3557.O7597
- Dewey Decimal:813.54
Table of Contents
Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; The Viewing Room: APRIL; THE LAW OF LOOKING OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER; The Viewing Room: MAY; GHOST DANCE; The Viewing Room: JUNE; HAVING WORDS; The Viewing Room: JULY; STAGGERED DEPARTURES; The Viewing Room: AUGUST; THE PROBLEM OUTSIDE; The Viewing Room: SEPTEMBER; BLOOD RULES; The Viewing Room: OCTOBER; PERMANENT MAKEUP; The Viewing Room: NOVEMBER; PASSERBY; The Viewing Room: DECEMBER; SAFE SURRENDER.
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