Guide to maintaining a high quality of life from resilient old age to the first inklings of a serious illness to the final breath by the New York Times bestselling author of Knocking on Heaven's Door. "[Knocking on Heaven's Door is] a triumph, distinguished by the beauty of Ms. Butler's prose and her saber-sharp indictment of certain medical habits. [Butler offers an] articulate challenge to the medical profession: to reconsider its reflexive postponement of death long after lifesaving acts cease to be anything but pure brutality."
—Abigail Zuger, MD, The New York Times