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Bluebird: The Place of Death and Fear of Dying in My Long, Good Life

Author(s) : Andrew Cooper, Editor : Heather Price

Reviews and Endorsements

‘This is a wonderful, deeply moving book. Andrew Cooper has left us a tribute to life in exploring our human struggles in thinking about death. This is autobiographical writing at its best. It is a privilege to accompany him in tracing the worlds of meaning discovered in his exploration of the interplay of internal and external realities, of body and mind, thrown into relief by illness and mortality. Andrew’s voice is clear and distinct as he shows us the value of seeking the truth of our internal experience, helping us to find meaning in life, in thinking with us about death. The result is a gift to the reader, an example of how we may stay with ourselves, and our reflective capacities, in facing illness and death, alive to the truth of our inner experience, even in facing these most difficult truths of all.’
Andrew Balfour, PhD, Chief Executive, Tavistock Relationships

‘This is an intensely personal book about the meaning of death within life and the impact of life-threatening illness on a man’s relationships to himself and others. It draws on Andrew’s memories from early childhood onwards and on his inner life as he came to understand it through life experience, personal therapy, and attention to his dreams. It is also a powerful exploration of our society’s relationship to illness, loss, the end of life, and death. This conjunction of the most intimate with the communal is rare and gives this book its unusual focus and depth, its capacity to disturb and to illuminate.’
Margaret Rustin, child, adolescent and adult psychotherapist, and child analyst