Dear Readers, Writers, Thinkers, Feelers.

A name has been chosen (eyes closed, hand-picked) and the winner of the book giveaway is . . . Lisa Carnochan!

As always, thank you for reading this blog and taking the time to respond & interact. While we couldn't all win the drawing, I urge you to find, borrow, or buy this book. It's that good.

Already read it? Consider these other books I've found helpful:

• A Bittersweet Season: Caring For Our Aging Parents — and Ourselves
by Jane Gross

• Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gwande

• God's Hotel: A Doctor, A Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine by Victoria Sweet

• Bettyville: A Memoir by George Hodgman

• Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir by Roz Chast

And now, your turn: What books on the topic — end-of-life, aging, slow medicine — do you recommend?