# On Living

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- Book: [On Living](https://www.bookquiver.com/kerry-egan/on-living) ([On Living.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/kerry-egan/on-living.md))
- Authors: [Kerry Egan](https://www.bookquiver.com/kerry-egan)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-4129-728-5
- Published: 2017-05-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

What are the top regrets of the dying? That's what Kerry Egan, a hospice chaplain, learned as she listened to her patients on their deathbeds, witnessing what she calls the 'spiritual work of dying' - the work of finding or making meaning of one's life, the experiences it contained and the people who have touched it. In this book she recalls the stories she heard - stories of hope and regret, shame and pride, mystery and revelation, and secrets held too long. This isn't a book about dying - it's a book about living. Each of Egan's patients taught her something; in this moving and beautiful book, she imparts their poignant and profound lessons on how to live a life without regrets.