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EXPLORING THE FASCINATING POSSIBILITIES THAT AN AWARENESS OF DEATH CAN OFFER Death is the inevitable fate of every single person on earth. How do we accept the inevitability of our death? How do we live our lives with meaning? Will money lead us to happiness? Satish Modi examines these questions...

On the morning of Saturday 15th April 1989, Jenni Hicks, her husband and their two teenage daughters, Sarah and Vicki, went to watch a football match. That was to be their last day as a family. Sarah and Vicki didn't come home, and Jenni's world was changed forever. Since that fateful day, Jenni has tirelessly campaigned for justice for her own and others' families. But this is not the story of the Hillsborough tragedy. This is a story of what came before and after that day.

Alisa Cain shares a deeply personal and moving memoir that spans the breadth of her life, marked by both heartache and enduring love. Beginning with her humble beginnings in a small town in North Georgia, Alisa reflects on her early years, shaped by her mother’s struggles and the profound impact of losing a sibling. The birth of her brother with a rare condition, sacral agenesis, further influenced her understanding of strength and vulnerability.

Jane was planning a golden retirement with her beloved partner Ed, when a shocking cancer diagnosis changed everything. Ed was terminally ill. Jane nursed him at home until the end, on her own, with the UK in lockdown. At first she was overwhelmed, but slowly gathered strength from caring for her loved one, and now sees that it was a privilege to be there for him.

Whether it is pastoral care for the bereaved, discussions about the afterlife, or being called out to perform the last rites, death is part of the Reverend Richard Coles's life and work. But when his partner, the Reverend David Coles, died, shortly before Christmas in 2019, much about death took Coles by surprise. For one thing, David's death at the early age of 43 was unexpected. The man that so often assists others to examine life's moral questions now found himself in need of help. He began to look to others for guidance to steer him through his grief.