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Essential reading before you think you need it... Diana Morgan's book, Death, Grief & Starting Again is about caring, dying, death and grief and then dealing with the bureaucratic aftermath as a surviving relative. This book is intended to be a guide for the distressed, a friend to the grieving, the confused and the bereaved, and a companion for those who need to put a new and different life together. It is equally valuable for the professionals - lawyers, medicos, vicars and funeral directors - who need to help their clients understand the complex choices available in the event of death. Diana Morgan AM experienced the death of her beloved husband of forty seven years and then ten years later the unexpected deaths of two of her children. She has written the book she felt she needed at the time, that would have helped her. The book passes on the facts, the feelings and some possible solutions for this difficult time in our life. Death is not talked about in our society. But everyone needs to face the fact that sooner or later it is likely that they will have to face a situation they have no experience in dealing with. The book includes advice from many professionals who deal with end-of-life problems - the medical personnel, the lawyers, and the funeral directors. All of them said that people come to them for help often having no idea of what they need to know. The book advises on health directives and powers of attorney so that someone (most likely a family member) has the power to be of help, especially if sudden help is needed. The author describes what needs to be considered during a slow illness, how to deal with medications and disabilities and gives guidance to the many ways that the health system is able to provide assistance and advice. Death can be expected or sudden, a shock. This book has been written by someone who has discovered that no Death is just a Death. The effects of a death never ends with the death - a death can cast long shadows - for the family emotions, relationships and for the paperwork, for the lives of all those around. And the roll-on effects can sometimes last a very long time.

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This is the best book of its kind for all of us - now or in the future - that provides sensible, real life, information as if talking with a trusted friend who has lived and travelled this journey. Georgina Barraclough, Registered Nurse, Palliative Care/Complex Care/Rehabilitation Death, Grief, and Starting Again is the author's story about loss, grief, the mystery of death, of ritual and practical necessities. Written in a conversational manner, it is told with warmth and compassion, preparing the reader for a profound experience that will inevitably affect us all. Maudie Palmer, AO All of us must, at some time in our lives, endure grief. Who better than Diana to prepare us for this journey as she takes us through her grief and the lessons she has learned. But this book is more than that, it's a compendium to delve into when you need to know what to do next. And it's a comfort to know that whatever grief you are going through, others have gone before. Bruce Trethowan, Architect Death, Grief, and Starting Again by Diana Morgan is beautifully written, funny at times and sad, as well as intensely personal. It is a practical guide to considering all aspects of aging and death with some very useful contacts at the end. I recommend it. Sue Matthies One day we will face the death of a loved one. So why do we not prepare, even when we know that day is close? This is the book Diana Morgan hoped someone had already written when she faced her husband's death and its aftermath. As nobody had written the book she needed, she wrote it herself: a guide through the unfamiliar world of illness, death and grief - and starting life again. This is a practical, kind, and often humorous book, full of invaluable and interesting information. Diana takes our hand through a journey of preparation, as death forces us to think new thoughts and face new situations, from dealing with our grief and our family, to dealing with the government and bureaucracy. And, despite its subject, it's really a book about life, and getting on with life. Vicki Steggal, Historian and writer

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Diana Morgan AM, suffered the loss of a loving husband and two of her four adult children which is when she began to write this book. Diana lives in Melbourne, Australia. She has had a long interest in the Arts, which has led to her being appointed a Member of the International Council of the Mus�e des Arts d�coratifs, Paris since 1999. For fifteen years she was a member of the Council of The Australiana Fund, which looks after the Official Resdiences of the Governor and the Prime Minister of Australia. She is a Life Member of the National Gallery of Victoria and an ex-President of the National Gallery Women's Association. Interested in living with the climate she wrote 'Succulents for Mediterranean Climate Gardens' in 2004 (Rosenberg).Diana is about to publish a book on the History of Culinary Moulds.

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